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Location | Pacific Ocean |
Administration | |
Tonga | |
Demographics | |
Population | 62 (2021) |
Mango is a small island in Tonga, 9 kilometres south-east of the larger island of Nomuka, and part of the Nomuka or ʻOtu Muʻomuʻa group of islands, which are the southern part of the Haʻapai group. Mango had a population of 62 in the 2021 census. [1]
The island was badly damaged by the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami. Following the eruption, a distress call was detected from the island. [2] Images from the New Zealand Defence Force showed that it had suffered "catastrophic" damage, [3] with an entire village destroyed. [4] According to the Tongan government, all homes on the island were destroyed, and a 65-year-old man was killed. [5] After the eruption, the entire island was evacuated, and the inhabitants were bought to Tongatapu by the Tongan Maritime Force. [6] After living at a church hall in Nuku'alofa for almost a year, they were eventually resettled on ʻEua. [7]
20°19′44″S 174°42′32″W / 20.329°S 174.709°W
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Geography | |
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Location | Pacific Ocean |
Administration | |
Tonga | |
Demographics | |
Population | 62 (2021) |
Mango is a small island in Tonga, 9 kilometres south-east of the larger island of Nomuka, and part of the Nomuka or ʻOtu Muʻomuʻa group of islands, which are the southern part of the Haʻapai group. Mango had a population of 62 in the 2021 census. [1]
The island was badly damaged by the 2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami. Following the eruption, a distress call was detected from the island. [2] Images from the New Zealand Defence Force showed that it had suffered "catastrophic" damage, [3] with an entire village destroyed. [4] According to the Tongan government, all homes on the island were destroyed, and a 65-year-old man was killed. [5] After the eruption, the entire island was evacuated, and the inhabitants were bought to Tongatapu by the Tongan Maritime Force. [6] After living at a church hall in Nuku'alofa for almost a year, they were eventually resettled on ʻEua. [7]
20°19′44″S 174°42′32″W / 20.329°S 174.709°W