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Smoke It is the main island of the Ha‘Pai group, in the kingdom of Tonga, where is the main town of the group, Pangai. Sometimes it is also called Ha‘Pai Island or Pangai Island. Their coordinates are: 19°50′S 174 ° 22′O / -19.833, -174.367 .

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Lifuka is a low island with a total area of ​​11.42 km². It has no natural forests since the earth is cultivated with taro plantations, fruit trees and coconuts. The western coast is full of beaches.

The total population of the island, in the 1996 census, was 2,966 inhabitants. The main town is Pangai, located in the middle of the western coast, where the governor of the Ha‘Pai (or Gálvez) group resides. It has various public services, churches and missions buildings.

Gálvez Group Islands [ To edit ]

The islands that are around Lifuka form a subgroup of islands within the Gálvez group itself. They extend from north to south in an area of ​​65 km long and 35 km wide. Five of the islands are linked by coral reefs themselves. From Lifuka you can access walking to Foa, to the north, for an elevated step and to Uoleva, to the south, with the low tide.

In Lifuka is the Lapita de Tongoleka site, in Villa Hihifo, where ceramics have been found 3000 years ago.

The first European who arrived in Lifuka was the English James Cook in 1777. He transcribed the name as Lefooga, and thus written for years in English. He was received by Chief Finau who offered banquets and parties for eleven weeks. Captain Cook was satisfied by naming the group as islands of friends (Friendly Islands), but years later it was learned that Lifuka bosses were preparing a trap to get the ship. The last minute divergences about the tactic to continue frustrated the attempt.

In 1806, the successor of Finau, Finau ‘Ulukalala II, captured and looted the English ship Port au Prince . Among the survivors was the fifteenth young man William Mariner who spent four years in Lifuka as Minister of Finau II. His writings are a classic for the knowledge of ancient Polynesian society. Among other Coses explains how 12,000 silver coins were won as chips to play Pa‘anga. It is the game to throw them on the surface of the water to see how they bounce. Today the official currency of Tonga is called Pa‘anga.

In 1831 the population became Christianity with the arrival of the Methodist Missionary John Thomas and with the support of Chief Taufa‘ahau. He became a leader of the Christian cause, unifying the Tonga Islands, and ended up acquiring the title of your‘I founding the current real dynasty of Tonga.

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