Downtown Pangai, Lifuka Island, Ha'apai.

Haʻapai

Map of Ha'apai.
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	20°0′S 174°40′W / 20°S 174.667°W / -20; -174.667
Archipelago	Tonga Islands
Total islands	51
Major islands	17
Area	109.98 km2 (42.464 sq mi)
Highest elevation	1,046 m (3,432 ft)
Highest point	Kao
Country
Tonga
Largest city	Pangai, Lifuka Island
Demographics
Population	7570 (as of 2006)
Density	68.83 /km2 (178.27 /sq mi)
Ethnic groups	Tongan (majority), European, Chinese, Pacific Islanders. Lifuka Island, Capital of Haʻapai

Haʻapai is a group of islands, islets, reefs and shoals in the central part of the Kingdom of Tonga, with the Tongatapu group to the south and the Vavaʻu group to the north. Seventeen of the Haʻapai islands are populated.

Pangai is the administrative capital village of the Haʻapai Group and is located on Lifuka.

Geography[link]

Haʻapai consists of 51 islands directly beside the Tonga Trench. To the west are a chain of volcanic islands including Kao, the highest point in the kingdom standing at 1,046m. To the west are the coral islands which are inhabited. The archipelago lies between the 200 km north of Tongatapu and 130km south of Vava'u. 17 of the islands are inhabited, including the main islands of Lifuka and Foa. The two main islands in the archipelago are Pangai on Lifuka (where Salote Pilolevu Airport is located) and Ha'ano. A total of 7570 people live on the islands Haapai (Census 2006).

All the larger islands are in the eastern Lifuka group. The two larger islands are Lifuka and Foa which have 2,968 and 1,485 people respectively as of 2006. After the two larger islands are Nomuka and Haʻano which have four villages with a population of 951. To the south of these islands is ʻUiha, which has two villages with a population of 638, ancient burial grounds and an ancient monument.

The large islands of Tofua (active volcano) and Kao (dormant volcano) are in the far west. The islands of the Kotu group, locally known as Lulunga, are in the southwest of the archipelago. The islands of the Nomuka group, locally known as ʻOtu Muʻomuʻa, are further south.

History[link]

At the Haʻapai island group, traces of settlements of Lapita culture from around 1500 BC have been found.

The first European to visited Haʻapai, was Abel Tasman in 1643. Captain James Cook in 1774 and 1777, made ​​several stops on the islands. He gave them the name of Friendly Islands in 1777. Fletcher Christian arrived on the 28th of April, 1789, Captain William Bligh of the Bounty visited the volcanic island Tofua.

In 1806, William Mariner arrived at the Port-au-Prince to Tonga, whose crew was killed at this occasion by Tongan warriors. Mariner lived 4 years in Tonga, before he was found by a passing English ship returning to England.

See also[link]

• 2006 Tonga earthquake
• List of islands & villages in Tonga

Coordinates: 19°45′S 174°22′W / 19.75°S 174.367°W / -19.75; -174.367

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Apai is one of four small villages on Manono Island in Samoa. The village population is 111 (2006 Census).^[1]

The other villages on Manono island are Lepuia'i, Faleu and Salua.

All the settlements on Manono Island fall within the political district of Aiga-i-le-Tai.^[2]

Manono island is one of three isles in the Apolima Strait separating the country's two main islands Upolu and Savai'i. The other islands in the strait are Apolima and the tiny uninhabited islet of Nu'ulopa.

References[link]

1. ^ "Population". Samoa Bureau of Statistics. July 2008. http://www.sbs.gov.ws/Portals/138/PDF/census%20survey/Table%202.%20Population%20byregion,%20faipule%20district%202006.pdf. Retrieved 16 December, 2009. 
2. ^ "Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963". Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act/tca1963317/. Retrieved 15 December, 2009. 

Coordinates: 13°51′S 172°07′W / 13.85°S 172.117°W / -13.85; -172.117

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