Sunday, November 22, 2009

A New Years Celebration Where Time Begins in Tonga

A New Years Celebration Where Time Begins in Tonga

The first country in the world to greet the New Year, each and every year, is Tonga in the South Pacific. That is because it lies very close to the 180th parallel (12 hours ahead of Greenwich). It sits directly on the International Dateline.

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