Capital city · Tonga · Oceania
Nuku‘alofa
Tongatapu · Tonga
City population
22,400
#1
in Tonga
#23,203
worldwide
-21.137, -175.201
About Nuku‘alofa
Nuku‘alofa is the capital of Tonga, with a city population of 22,400. It is the 1st largest of the 1 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Tonga, and the 23,203rd largest worldwide.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Tongatapu
Capital
National capital
Elevation
1 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Pacific/Tongatapu
Coordinates
-21.137, -175.201
Record updated
2025-05-08
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 1 in TongaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.