The geographical location of the Tonga Islands is the southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean.

The Tonga Islands, located in the southwestern part of the Pacific Ocean, the territory of the Kingdom of Tonga is the entire Tonga Islands, which is located on the western side of the international date change line, is the first country in the world to start a new day, the archipelago consists of more than 170 large and small islands, with a land area of 747 square kilometers, of which Tonga Tabu Island is the largest, which is the main island in the Tonga Islands, and also the Kingdom of Tonga Nuku'alofa, the capital of the Kingdom of Tonga.

The Kingdom of Tonga's area is very small, but it is the only remaining hereditary kingdom in Polynesia, but also one of the world's oldest monarchies, it is said that the 5th century BC Tonga Islands have been inhabited, but not until 1616, the Dutch and British navigators have ascended to this small island, the islanders are kind and lovely, very friendly to outsiders, some people simply call her "The island of Friendship".

Tonga Islands characteristics

Tonga's artwork is also different from other countries, in addition to having a high degree of production skills, the biggest feature is the appearance of simple and clear, generally speaking, they attach more importance to the shape rather than the color of the decorations, the pattern on the art work is mostly geometric. Tongan art also includes ivory carvings and wood carvings depicting grandfathers, but the idols are almost always female and their height is under 50 centimeters.

Tonga's stamps are very distinctive, to the "alien" and known around the world, Tonga began issuing stamps in 1886, the issuance of alien stamps from 1963, more than 30 years, Tonga issued a lot of odd-shaped stamps, coin-shaped, heart-shaped, watch-shaped, pole-vaulter-shaped, medals, swineherd-shaped. plate sitting shape.

South Pacific shapes and concave hearts, crowns, books, coconuts, double lines, watermelons, mountains, birds, envelopes, sailboats, octagons, Montreal Olympics emblems, fish, drills, marquises, clouds, photographs, old rolls of paper, and other unnamed shapes, of which there are more than 50.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tonga