Tonga Post, serving 36 islands in the South Pacific, adopts 3 word addresses to improve national infrastructure
what3words, the multi-award winning addressing system, has been adopted as an addressing standard by Tonga Post. The Kingdom of Tonga is the first nation in the region, and the fourth in the world to adopt 3 word addresses to improve its national infrastructure.
With 170 islands scattered over 700,000 square kilometres of ocean, delivering anything to anyone is a challenge. 36 of Tonga’s islands are inhabited, with a population of approximately 103,000 citizens. With only a few named streets on a handful of islands, delivering mail is a constant struggle for Tonga Post, the nation’s official postal system.