Pangai
{{Short description|Administrative capital village of the Haʻapai group in Tonga}}
Pangai is the administrative capital village of the Haʻapai group in Tonga.
Town
The village is on the western shore of Lifuka[http://www.pacific-travel-guides.com/tonga-islands/travel-guide/haapai.html Tonga Islands Haapai Travel Guide] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311012238/http://www.pacific-travel-guides.com/tonga-islands/travel-guide/haapai.html |date=2007-03-11 }} and has a population of 1,026.{{cite web |url=https://tongastats.gov.to/download/231/2021/5692/census-2021-preliminary-results_dec-2021.pdf |title=PRELIMINARY RESULT TONGA POPULATION CENSUS 2021 |publisher=Tonga Statistics Department |page=4 |date=24 December 2021 |access-date=31 December 2021}}
The village center is around the Catholic Church (Siasi Katolika)[http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/pangai-siasi.html Ha'apai Pictures - Siasi Church, Pangai Village, Lifuka] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004105916/http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/pangai-siasi.html |date=2011-10-04 }} 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,[http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/pangai-church.html Ha'apai Pictures - Church in Pangai, Lifuka Island] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715083446/http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/pangai-church.html |date=2011-07-15 }}[http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/pangai-church-2.html Ha'apai Pictures - Wesleyan Church in Pangai, Lifuka Island] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004110020/http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/pangai-church-2.html |date=2011-10-04 }} a few Colonial styled houses and cemeteries.[http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/pangai-cemetry.html Ha'apai Pictures - Pangai Cemetery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004110037/http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/pangai-cemetry.html |date=2011-10-04 }}[http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/pangai-cemetry-euro.html Ha'apai Pictures - Cemetery of European, Pangai] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004110050/http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/pangai-cemetry-euro.html |date=2011-10-04 }}
Transportation
The island's Pilolevu Airport (Lifuka Island Airport, IATA code "HPA") is situated about 5 km north of Pangai.
There is a ferry dock, called the Pangai Ferry Terminal.
History
The Methodist missionary Shirley Waldemar Baker, who was prime minister of Tonga under king George Tupou I, died in Pangai on 16 November 1903. His grave and monument in the cemetery still stand as a tourist attraction.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513153744/http://www.tonga.pictures-pacific.com/haapai/index.html Pictures from Pangai]
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