Ancient petroglyphs on the northern end of Foa show evidence that the island has been inhabited by native tribes for hundreds of years, but since then they have been exposed by beach erosion. In 2012, the wreck of the pirate ship Port-au-Prince was discovered off the coast of the island.
other, uses, disambiguation, island, tonga, located, within, haʻapai, group, centre, country, northeast, national, capital, nukuʻalofa, faleloa, island, linked, adjacent, lifuka, island, causeway, located, metres, northeast, lifuka, island, area, population, 2. For other uses see Foa disambiguation Foa is an island in Tonga It is located within the Haʻapai group in the centre of the country to northeast of the national capital of Nukuʻalofa Foa Faleloa Foa Island Foa is linked to adjacent Lifuka Island by a causeway and is located 640 metres northeast of Lifuka The island has an area of 13 39 km2 5 17 sq mi The population as of the 2016 census was 1 392 1 Contents 1 History 2 Settlements 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editAncient petroglyphs on the northern end of Foa show evidence that the island has been inhabited by native tribes for hundreds of years but since then they have been exposed by beach erosion In 2012 the wreck of the pirate ship Port au Prince was discovered off the coast of the island Settlements editFaleloa Fangaleʻounga Fotua LotofoaSee also editList of cities in TongaReferences edit Population Statistics Tonga Statistics Department Retrieved 2023 04 08 External links editLifuka amp Foa 19 45 S 174 18 W 19 750 S 174 300 W 19 750 174 300 nbsp This Tongan location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Foa amp oldid 1193886375, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
