Fiji Country Info - Oceania

Description and Basic Information

Fiji with its capital Suva is located in Oceania (Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean). It covers some 18,271 square kilometres (slightly smaller than New Jersey) with 931,000 citizens. English and Fijian are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Fiji.

Fiji is a Melanesian country in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand and consists of an archipelago that includes 332 islands, a handful of which make up most of the land area, and approximately 110 of which are inhabited. Fiji is the product of volcanic mountains and warm tropical waters. Its majestic and ever-varied coral reefs today draw tourists from around the world. Climate: Tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation. Tropical cyclonic storms (The South Pacific version of Hurricanes) can occur from November to April. Temperature sensitive visitors may wish to visit during the Southern Hemisphere winter.

Pictures from Capital (Suva)

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About Fiji

The terrain offers mostly mountains of volcanic origin. The average density of population is about 50 per km². The climate in Fiji can be described as tropical marine with only slight seasonal temperature variation. Possible natural disasters include cyclonic storms can occur from November to January.

To reach someone in Fiji dial +679 prior to a number. There are 136,800 installed telephones. And there are 640,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".fj". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 240V - 50Hz. The following list are the 5 regions/states in Fiji we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Fijian population grew at a rate of 1.37% (or by 13,093 citizens). With 5,421 deaths and 20,736 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.6%. -2,222 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Fiji: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.