Pangai is the administrative capital village of the Haʻapai Group in Tonga.
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The village is on the western shore of Lifuka and has about 2,000 inhabitants [1].
The village center is around the Catholic Church (Siasi Katolika)[2] 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,[2][3][4] a few Colonial styled houses and cemeteries[5][6].
The island's Pilolevu Airport (Lifuka Island Airport, airport code "HPA") is situated about 5 km north of Pangai.
It exists a ferry terminal, the Pangai Ferry Terminal.
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 touristic attraction.
