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Country Note: Tonga
Resource ID
c99dcd68-32e8-11e6-b5ad-040146164b01
Title
Country Note: Tonga
Date
Feb. 27, 2015, 6 p.m., Publication
Abstract
Tonga is an archipelago composed of 172 islands spread across a combined land and sea area of 720,000km2. According to the 2011 census, Tonga had a population of 103,252 people spread across 36 of the 172 islands. A population scattered so widely across such a large area can pose logistical problems for efforts to facilitate and finance disaster response. This report presents for consideration a number of options for improving current measures for disaster risk financing and insurances.
Edition
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Responsible
andy
Point of Contact
Fraser
sfraser@worldbank.org
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
notPlanned
Type
not filled
Restrictions
None
License
None
Language
eng
Temporal Extent
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Supplemental Information
strong_wind, tsunami
Data Quality
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Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
(10016, 45, 671, 48, 45, 'PCRAFI', 'pcrafi'), (10015, 144, 671, 48, 144, 'Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Report', 'disaster-risk-financing-and-insurance-report'), (10017, 261, 671, 48, 261, 'Tonga', 'tonga')
Category
Geoscientific Information
Regions
Tonga