List of islands and towns in Tonga

The following list gives all islands and cities (villages and hamlets) in Tonga in alphabetical order with many local areas and nicknames as well. Coordinates are given for the centre of each place. All place names are given in the Tongan language.

Haʻapai group

Lifuka group

Fatumanongi
Foa
Faleloa, Houmaleʻia
Fangaleʻounga
Fotua
Lotofoa
Nukunamo
Fotuhaʻa
Fotuhaʻa township
Hakauata
Haʻano, (Loto haʻa Ngana (central Ngana tribe))
Fakakakai
Haʻano town
Muitoa
Pukotala
Kao
ʻApikakai
Topuefio
Lifuka, Foʻi ʻoneʻone (sand crumb)
Haʻatoʻu
Holopeka
Koulo
Pangai, district's capital; nickname: Fanga ʻi he sī (harbour at sea)
Tongoleleka, Vai ko Paluki (Paluki's water)
Limu
Lofanga
Lofanga township
Luahoko
Luangahu
Meama
Moʻungaʻone
Moʻungaʻone township
Niniva
Nukupule
Ofolanga
Tofua
Hokula
Hotaʻane
Manaka
Uoleva
Uonukuhahake
Tofanga
Uonukuhihifo
ʻUiha
Felemea; nickname: ʻOtu Kinekina (Weary Islands)
ʻUiha township
Tatafa

Lulunga (archipelago)

Fakahiku
Fetoa
Fonuaika
Foua
Haʻafeva
Haʻafeva township; nickname: Kolo ngatata (noisy town)
Fonuamaka
Kolo (Haʻapai)
Leteoʻo
Onoiki
Kito
Kotu
Kotu township
Lekeleka
Luanamo
Matuku
Matuku township
Nukulei
Pepea
Putuputua
Teaupa
Tokulu
Tungua ; nickname: Sani Tungua (glorious Tungua)
Tungua township; nickname: Tainamu ʻa Paea (orphan's mosquito net)
ʻOʻua
ʻOʻua township

ʻOtu Muʻomuʻa group

Fetokopunga
Fonoifua
Fonoifua township
Meama (Muʻomuʻa)
Tanoa
Hunga Haʻapai
Hunga Tonga
Kelefesia
Lalona
Mango
Mango township
Mangoiki
Nomuka
Nomuka township
Loto
Puhoʻava
Tefisi
Nomuka iki
Muifuiva
Nuku
Nukufaiau
Nukutula
Tau
Tele-ki-Vavaʻu
Tele-ki-Tonga
Tonumea

Niua group

Niuafoʻou; nickname: Kaho mo Vailahi (reed with big lake)
Angahā, island capital
Fataʻulua
Futu (abandoned)
Kolofoʻou
Aleleʻuta
Mataʻaho
Muʻa
Petani
Sapaʻata
Tongamamaʻo
ʻEsia
Motu Lahi
Motu Molemole
Motu Siʻi
Motu ʻAʻali
Niuatoputapu
Falehau
Hihifo, island capital
Vaipoa
Hakautuʻutuʻu
Hungana
Nukuseilala
Sikaihaʻa
Tafuna
Tavili
Tuʻunga
Tafahi
Tafahi (village)

Tongatapu group

Minerva Reefs (also see Republic of Minerva)
Tele-ki-Tokelau
Tele-ki-Tonga
Tongatapu (island)
Vahe Hahake (eastern district)
Āfa
Fātumu
Fuaʻamotu, incorrectly: Fuʻamotu; nickname: Vai ko Latai (Latai's water)
Hamula
Haveluliku
Haʻasini
Hoi
Holonga
Kolonga; nickname: ʻUtu longoaʻa (noisy coast)
Lāvengatonga
Makaunga
Malapo
Manuka
Muʻa, district capital; nickname: Paki mo e toʻi (picked with sap)
Lapaha
Tatakamotonga; nickname: Kolo kakala (fragrant town)
Nakolo
Navutoka
Niutōua
Nukuleka; nickname: Vai-kāsila (bilge water)
Pelehake; nickname: Ī ʻo Lupea (fan of Lupea)
Talafoʻou
Talasiu
ʻAlakifonua, short: ʻAlaki
Vahe Hihifo (western district)
Fāhefa
Fatai
Matafonua
Foʻui, (Lolo paongo (pandanus fruit scented oil))
Haʻakame; nickname: Hala toa mui (road of ironwood trees)
Haʻakili
Haʻalalo
Haʻatafu
Haʻutu
Haʻavakatolo; nicknames: Vai ko hiva (singing water), Pua ko fanongo talanoa (flower listening to the story)
Houma; nickname: Mapu ʻa Vaea (whistle (blowholes) of Vaea)
Kalaʻau
Kanokupolu; nicknames: Folaʻosi (a typical dancedress), Niu tuʻu tolu (3 standing palmtrees)
Kolovai; nicknames: Taunga peka (flying foxes), Fala O Setane (Satan Mat)
Lakepa
Lomaiviti
Masilamea; nickname: Vai ko lele ʻa lulu (running owl's water)
Matahau
Matangiake
Haʻafeva
Neiafu
Nukunuku
Teʻekiu
Vaotuʻu
ʻAhau; nickname: Ahi ʻo Ulakai (Ulakai's sandalwood tree)
ʻUtulau; nickname: Alafolau Heavula
Vahe Loto (central district)
Folaha
Haveluloto, short: Havelu; nicknames: Piki pea vela (sticky then burn), Paini tuʻu ua (2 standing ironwood trees)
Haʻateiho
ʻĀtele
Hōfoa; nickname: Fonu mo e moa (turtle and chicken)
Longoteme
Nukuhetulu
Nukuʻalofa, national capital
Fanga ʻo Pilolevu
Fasi mo e afi
Fongoloa
Hala ʻo Vave
Halaano
Halafoʻou
Halaleva
Houmakelikao
Hunga
Kape
Kolofoʻou
Kolomotuʻa, original Nukuʻalofa proper
Sopu ʻo Tāufaʻāhau, short: Sopu
Sia ko Veiongo
Tongataʻeapa
Longolongo
Haʻavakaʻotua
Kapetā
Tavatuʻutolu
Tuʻakātakilangi, incorrectly: Tuʻatakilangi
Lopaukamea
Mailetaha
Mataika
Matutuana
Maui
Maʻufanga, obsolete: Maʻofanga
Ngeleʻia
Pahu
Pātangata
Pīkula
Takaunove
Telekava
Teufaiva
Tufuenga
Vaolōloa
ʻAmaile
ʻĀnana
ʻUmusī
Pea; nicknames: Vai ko puna (upwelling water), Niuvākai (palmtree watchtower
Popua, short for: Vaʻepopua
Puke; nickname: Vai ko ʻoa (basket water)
Tofoa
Koloua
Tokomololo; nickname: Vai ko Tuʻilokomana (Tuʻilokomana's water)
Vainī
Nualei
Veitongo
Lotohaʻapai
Fafā
Fukave
Kanatea
Makahaʻa
Malinoa
Manima
Mataʻaho
Monūafe
Motutapu
Moʻunu
Moʻungatapu
Ngofonua
Nuku
Nukunukumotu
Siesia
Oneata
Pangaimotu
Poloʻa
Talakite
Tau
Toketoke
ʻAtā
ʻAtatā
ʻAtatā (village)
Tufuka
Velitoa Hahake
Velitoa Hihifo
ʻAlakipeau
ʻEueiki
Fāʻimata
ʻOnevai
ʻOnevao
ʻAta
ʻEua; nicknames: Fungafonua (landtop), Vai ko Kahana (Kahana's water)
Angahā
Haʻatuʻa
Houma
Kolomaile
ʻEuafoʻou
Fataʻulua
Futu
Mataʻaho
Muʻa
Pangai
Petani
Sapaʻata
Tongamamaʻo
ʻEsia
Tufuvai, short: Tufu
ʻOhonua, island capital; nickname: Taha kae afe (one worth a thousand; an ironwood tree)
Taʻanga
Kalau

Vavaʻu group

Aʻa
Faioa
Fangasito
Fatumanga
Fonuafoʻou
Fonualei
Fonualei
Fonuaʻunga
Fonuaʻoneʻone
Fuaʻamotu
Hakaufasi
Hunga; nicknames: Fā-ko-Avahungalu (screwpine of A.), Vaonukonuka (nukonuka bushes)
Hunga township
Fofoa
Foiata
Foilifuka
Kalau
Luafatu
Luamoko
Kapa
Falevai
Kapa township
Vakataumai
ʻOtea
Luakapa
Nuku
Katofanga
Kenutu
Lolo
Lape
Lape township
Late
Lekeleka
Luahiapo
Lualoli
Luatafito
Luaʻafuleheu
Luaʻatofuaʻa
Luaʻui
Mafana
Maninita
Moʻunu
Muʻomuʻa
Nuapapu
Nuapapu township
Matamaka
Alinonga
Kitu
Luaʻofa
Ofu
Ofu township
Ovaka
Ovaka township
Ovalau
Pangaimotu
Pangaimotu township
ʻUtulei
Afo
Fafine
Lotuma
Tapana
Fānautapu
Lautala
Nukutahanga
Tuʻanukulau
Sisia
Tahifehifa
Taula
Taunga
Taunga township
Ngau
Taʻuta
Tokū
Totokafonua
Totokamaka
Tuʻungasika
Vakaʻeitu
Kulo
Langitoʻo
Tangatasito
Vavaʻu, or Vavaʻu lahi, the main island; nickname: ʻUtukalongalu (wave shaker cliff), Haʻafuluhao (a name)
Faleono
Feletoa
Fungamisi
Haʻakio
Haʻalufuli
Holonga
Houma
Leimatuʻa
Longomapu
Makāve
Mangia
Mataika
Neiafu, district's capital; nickname: Vai ko Lēlea (Lēlea's water)
Falaleu
Fangatongo
Faʻokula
Hopokanga
Houmelei
Kameli
Masilamea
Matangiake
Neiafutahi
Sailoame
Saineai
Vaipua
ʻOtumapa
ʻUtulangivaka
Talau
Taoa
Taʻanea
Tefisi
Toula
Tuʻanekivale
Tuʻanuku; nickname: Tavakefaiʻana (a tropic bird)
Utui
Vaimalo
Kiato
Koloa
Holeva
Koloa township
Kolotahi
Koloʻuta
Matuʻanua
Motulekaleka
Nuku
Okoa
Okoa township
Pousini
Tueʻia
Tulie
ʻEuaiki
ʻEuakafa
ʻOloʻua
ʻOloʻua township
ʻOto
ʻUmuna
ʻUtungake
Ngaʻunoho (or: Talihau)
ʻUtungake township
Mala

References

Official survey maps ministry of lands, 1962 with amendments