Tonga (;
Tongan:
Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), officially the
Kingdom of Tonga, is a
Polynesian sovereign state and
archipelago comprising 177 islands of which 52 islands are inhabited. The total surface area is about scattered over of the southern Pacific Ocean. It has a population 103,000 people of whom 70% reside on the main island of
Tongatapu.