World Region Information --- Fiji Information
Fiji
We are researching local information on Fiji. The Republic of Fiji is an island nation in Melanesia, part of Oceania. We will feature information that seems good to know when entering Fiji.
World Region Information --- Fiji Information
We are researching local information on Fiji. The Republic of Fiji is an island nation in Melanesia, part of Oceania. We will feature information that seems good to know when entering Fiji.
It is located about 2,000 km north of New Zealand.
Approx. 18,000 km2
about 930,000 people
56.8% Indigenous Fiji, 37.5% Indo-Fiji, 1.2% Rotuma, 4.5% Other
Fiji, English, Fiji Hindi
64.4% Christianity, 27.9% Hinduism, 6.3% Islam, 0.3% Sikhism, Others
- Sri Siva Subramaniya Temple
Along with the very vibrant Fiji traditional culture, it has undergone a unique development with the introduction of traditions such as India and China and European influences.
- Bouma National Heritage Park
- Tavarua Island
- Denarau Island
- Beqa Island
- Sawa-I-Lau Caves
- Sigatoka Sand Dunes National Park
- Kula WILD Adventure Park
- Fiji Museum
Although there is no compulsory education, over 85% of children aged 6 to 13 attend primary school. The literacy rate is about 92%.
- University of the South Pacfic
- Fiji National University
- The University of Fiji
1874 become a Crown Colony of Britain
1875-76 Measles epidemic kills over 40,000 people (one-third of Fiji's population at the time). The surviving Fiji rebel against the disease as deliberate. British suppression
1879-1916 Over 60,000 contract workers are brought in from the Indian subcontinent to work on sugar plantations
1904 Legislative Council established
1970 independence from Britain
1987 A bloodless coup by Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka. Rabuka's second coup. Leaves the British Commonwealth and becomes a republic. UK, US, Australia, New Zealand Suspend Aid
1989 Thousands of Indians flee Fiji
1990 New constitution introduced to formalize political control of indigenous Fiji people
1997 Rejoined the Commonwealth of Nations after introducing a non-discriminatory constitution
2000 The Diet Occupation Incident (an armed group led by George Speight occupied the Diet Building with the Prime Minister hostage for two months). An interim civilian government is established, headed by Garase. Commonwealth suspends membership of Fiji. Hostage liberation. Appoints Ratu Josefa Iloilo as president. George Speight Arrested
2001 George Speight is elected to Congress. George Speight is exiled from Congress. Rejoining the British Commonwealth
2002 George Speight was sentenced to death for treason. Iloilo President changes his punishment to life imprisonment
2006 President Iloilo is re-elected. A coup d'etat stripped the president of power. Commonwealth suspends Fiji membership due to coup
2007 Iloilo President regained authority
2009 President Iloilo abolishes the constitution, dismisses all judges, and appoints Commander Bainimarama as interim prime minister. martial law. President Iloilo resigns. Commonwealth completely suspends membership of Fiji
2012 Martial law lifted. Agreed to hold elections by 2014. Australia and New Zealand agree to restore diplomacy with Fiji
2013 New constitution introduced
2014 45 Fiji peacekeepers are taken hostage in Syria's Golan Heights. Prime Minister Bainimarama wins the general election. Commonwealth reinstated Fiji membership. 45 peacekeepers are released. Fiji named as the happiest country in the world
2015 Fiji veterans receive financial compensation for radiation exposure from British nuclear tests conducted on Christmas Island in the late 1950s
2016 Extensive damage caused by cyclones
2017 Host country for the UN climate change conference COP23 (meeting in Bonn)
It's a democratic republic. The president is the head of state and the prime minister is the head of government. The parliament is unicameral.
- Parliament of the Republic of Fiji
- President's Office, Fiji Government House
- High Court
$5,876
Although a developing country, it is considered one of the most developed economies in the Pacific Islands.
Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Tonga, Nauru, Niue, Vanuatu, Palau, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Micronesia
