Haʻapai

Haʻapai is a group of islands, islets, reefs and shoals with an area of 109.30 square kilometres (42.20 sq mi) 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 with altogether 6,616 people. Its highest point is Kao at almost 1,050 metres (3,440 ft).

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

Geography

Haʻapai consists of 51 islands directly west of the Tonga Trench, constituting a chain of volcanic islands including Kao, the highest point in the kingdom standing at 1,046 metres (3,432 ft). Further to the west are the coral islands which are inhabited. The archipelago lies 204 kilometres (127 mi) north of Tongatapu and 130 kilometres (81 mi) south of Vavaʻu. Seventeen of the islands are inhabited, including the main islands of Lifuka and Foa. The two main villages in the archipelago are Pangai on Lifuka (where Salote Pilolevu Airport is located) and Ha'ano. A total of 7570 people live on the Ha'apai islands (Census 2006).

Apai

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

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.

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.

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Coordinates: 13°51′S 172°07′W / 13.850°S 172.117°W / -13.850; -172.117