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This is a list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the geographical region of Oceania. Although it is mostly ocean and spans many tectonic plates, Oceania is occasionally listed as one of the continents. Most of this list follows the boundaries of geopolitical Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Oceania is a geographical, and geopolitical, region consisting of numerous lands—mostly islands in the Pacific Ocean and vicinity. The term is also sometimes used to denote a continent comprising Australia and proximate Pacific islands .
Melanesia (UK: / ˌ m ɛ l ə ˈ n iː z i ə /, US: / ˌ m ɛ l ə ˈ n iː ʒ ə /) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from New Guinea in the west to the Fiji Islands in the east, [1] [2] [3] and includes the Arafura Sea. [citation needed] The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Vanuatu ...
It is considered to be a separate tectonic plate to the neighboring South American Plate, and contains several oceanic islands of the South Pacific, which have been associated with both Oceania and South America. The Galápagos Islands and Malpelo Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean are possessions of Ecuador and Colombia, respectively ...
Fiji has the highest percentage of Hindus in Oceania at 29.7% [321] In absolute numbers, Australia has the largest population of Hindus in Oceania constituting 2.7% of the country's population. [322] In New Zealand, Hindus form 2.65% of the population of. [323] Samoa also has a significant Hindu population. [324]
Below is a list of countries and dependencies in Oceania by area. [1] Australia is the largest country in Oceania while Nauru is the smallest. ... 4.7%: 416,060 ...
Environment of Oceania by region (4 C). Regions of Oceania by country (2 C, 1 P) + Ecoregions of Oceania (4 C) Metropolitan areas of Oceania (2 C, 1 P) A.
This is a list of Oceanian countries and dependencies by population in Oceania, which includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. Projections are from the United Nations [ 1 ] and official figures are from the Pacific Community [ 2 ] and other official sources.