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Road Traffic:left side
Electricity:
Voltage:240V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:I,
TV Systems:
System:PAL B
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Area:
total: 18,270 sq km
land: 18,270 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Climate:
tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation
Terrain:
mostly mountains of volcanic origin
Economy
GDP:
$3.616 billion (2008 est.)
$3.573 billion (2007)
$3.825 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
1.2% (2008 est.)
-6.6% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$3,900 (2008 est.)
$3,900 (2007 est.)
$4,200 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 4.8% (2007)
Currency: Fijian dollar (FJD)
Exchange rates:
Fijian dollars (FJD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 1.7313 (2006), 1.691 (2005), 1.7331 (2004), 1.8958 (2003)
People
Population: 944,720 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 1.379% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Christian 64.5% (Methodist 34.6%, Roman Catholic 9.1%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 3.9%, Anglican 0.8%, other 10.4%), Hindu 27.9%, Muslim 6.3%, Sikh 0.3%, other or unspecified 0.3%, none 0.7% (2007 census)
Languages:
English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani
Government
Capital:
name: Suva (on Viti Levu)
time difference: UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Independence:
10 October 1970 (from the UK)
Note: Information on Fiji Islands was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Fiji Islands, please visit one of the links below.
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