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Fiji [n 1] (/ ˈ f iː dʒ i / ⓘ FEE-jee, / f iː ˈ dʒ iː / fee-JEE; [11] Fijian: Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, [n 2] is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) north-northeast of New Zealand.
The last Governor-General of Fiji, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau ended up becoming the first President of Fiji. Declared to have been expelled in 1987; rejoined in 1997; suspended on 6 June 2000; [ 20 ] suspension lifted on 20 December 2001; [ 21 ] again suspended on 8 December 2006 because of the 2006 Fijian coup d'état by Frank Bainimarama .
Culturally conservative Rotuma with its 2,000 people on 44 km 2 (17 sq mi) geographically belongs to Polynesia, and enjoys relative autonomy as a Fijian dependency. Fiji Television reported on 21 September 2006 that the Fiji Islands Maritime and Safety Administration (FIMSA), while reviewing its outdated maritime charts, had discovered the ...
Citizens of Fiji are referred to as "Fiji Islanders". The proposal would change the English name of indigenous Fijians from "Fijians" to itaukei . The indigenous word for Fijian is "Kaiviti" [ 20 ] Deposed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase reacted by stating that the name "Fijian" belonged exclusively to indigenous Fijians, and that he would ...
Fiji soldiers served in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, which Fiji's Major General George Konrote commanded in 1998 and 1999. [4] The country has also contributed to other operations including Kosovo and Sinai, [5] and, in 2004, Fiji was the first country to volunteer troops to protect United Nations officials in Iraq.
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka will attend a presidential prayer breakfast in Washington on Thursday, the first opportunity for a Pacific Islands leader to press the region's aid and ...
This is a list of islands of Fiji. Fiji is an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. It is split into 9 separate geographic island groups.
Dissolved in April 2005 and merged into the new National Alliance Party of Fiji; FijiFirst - a secular party founded in 2014 by dictator Frank Bainimarama to contest elections. Governed Fiji for 8 years, before losing power at the 2022 election. Dissolved in 2024 after its constitution was found to not contain legally-required dispute ...