Pangai
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Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga , is a state and an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, comprising 176 islands scattered over of ocean in the South Pacific...
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The Town
The village is on the western shore of LifukaLifuka
Lifuka is an island in the Kingdom of Tonga. It is located within the Haapai Group in the centre of the country, to northeast of the national capital of Nukualofa...
and has about 2,000 inhabitants .
The village center is around the Catholic Church (Siasi Katolika) and Holopeka Road by the harbor. There are only a few shops and markets and one bank.
There are few historic sites besides some churches, a few Colonial styled houses and cemeteries.
Transportation
The island's Pilolevu Airport (Lifuka Island AirportLifuka Island Airport
Lifuka Island Airport , also known as Salote Pilolevu Airport, is an airport on Lifuka in Tonga. The airport is located north of the capital Pangai. Chathams Pacific offers domestic air services to the airport connecting Haapai to Tongatapu and Vava'u. Flight time is approximately 40 minutes to...
, airport code
Airport code
An airport code is a short code used to identify a specific airport. There are two international systems used:*IATA airport code, a three-letter code which is more commonly known to the public...
"HPA") is situated about 5 km north of Pangai.
It exists a ferry terminal, the Pangai Ferry Terminal.
History
The MethodistMethodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
missionary Shirley Waldemar Baker
Shirley Waldemar Baker
Shirley Waldemar Baker was a missionary and premier of Tonga.-Early life:Baker was born in London, England of a Devonshire family. He studied medicine, went to Australia in 1852 as a stowaway. He worked as a farm hand, miner and apothecary's assistant on the goldfields in Victoria...
who was prime minister of Tonga under king George Tupou I
George Tupou I of Tonga
George Tupou I, King of Tonga , originally known as Tāufaāhau I with some extra names: Tupou Maeakafaua Ngininginiofolanga , but took the name Siaosi when baptised in 1831...
died in Pangai on 16 November 1903. His grave and monument in the cemetery still stand as a touristic attraction.
