Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Languages
Tongan, English
Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Exports
squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
External Debt
$104,600,000 $
Exchange Rate
pa'anga (TOP) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2.0277 (2006), 1.96 (2005), 1.9716 (2004), 2.142 (2003)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.900%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area
747 km sq
27,830 km sq
Coastline
419 km
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Climate
tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)
