The Fiji archipelago consists of several hundred islands that are covered with dense tropical vegetation and surrounded by coral reefs. Local lagoons with white sand beaches are known all over the world and constantly become scenery for films and advertisements. Divers...
Population According to a United Nations estimate, in 1998 the population reached 796. 000 residents (it was 772,655 at the 1996 census), thus confirming the slow decline in population growth rates. In fact, the difference between the birth rate (still over...
Southwestern Pacific archipelago, independent state since 1970. In 1986, 714,000 residents were registered, more than double in 1956 (the annual growth rate remains very high: 24.5 ‰), which rose to 736,000 according to a 1990 estimate. The contrast between the indigenous...
Fiji is an island state in the South Pacific Ocean, with its capital city Suva, consisting of about 320 islands. The F Islands were discovered in 1643 by the Dutch navigator A. Tasman and later explored by the English Cook and...
In 1956 there were 345,737 residents, of which 148,134 Fijians: 4422 Rotumani, 5320 other Pacific islanders, 169,403 Indians, 6402 Europeans, 7810 Euronesians (European mestizos), 4155 Chinese and Chinese mestizos. Population growth is around 4% per year, and is worrying above all...
Fiji is an island state of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific made up of 320 islands, of which about a hundred are inhabited, and over 500 islets; it is located between 16 ° and 20 ° lat. S (with the exception of...
Archipelago formed by almost 250 islands (and by numerous coral reefs) located in the Pacific Ocean at approximately between 16 ° and 20 ° S., 177 ° E. and 178 ° W, at 3400 km. approximately north-east of Sydney and 2200...