斐济,正式斐济共和国、国家和群岛、南太平洋。它位于萨摩亚瓦努阿图东部和西南部的。面积:7055平方英里(18272平方公里)。人口:2023(美国东部时间)898000年。资本:苏瓦。斐济的多数是混合Melanesian-Polynesian血统,少数大型南亚。语言:英语(官方)、斐济。宗教:基督教(主要是新教,也其他基督徒,罗马天主教),印度教、伊斯兰教。斐济货币:美元。斐济位于新西兰以北1300英里(2100公里),由大约540个小岛,300个岛屿,其中约100人居住。 The main islands are Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. Fiji also includes the dependency of Rotuma, an island located about 400 mi (640 km) to the northwest. The two large islands are mountainous and volcanic in origin, rising abruptly from densely populated coasts to forested central mountains. The smaller islands are also volcanic, and all are ringed by rocky shoals and coral reefs. The coastal deltas of the principal rivers contain most of the fertile arable land. The climate is tropical oceanic. Fiji has a market economy based largely on agriculture (particularly sugar production), tourism, and light industries; gold and silver are mined. Fiji is a republic with two legislative houses; its head of state is the president, while the head of government is the prime minister. The first settlers arrived from Melanesia some 3,500 years ago. The first European sighting was by the Dutch in the 17th century; the islands were sighted in 1774 by Capt.詹姆斯·库克和1789年由上尉威廉·布莱于1792年返回去探索它们。交易员和第一个传教士抵达1835年,欧洲殖民者在1860年代开始陆续抵达。1874年斐济宣布英国直辖殖民地。它独立的一员英联邦在1970年,1987年被宣布为共和国的军事政变。选举在1992年恢复文官统治。新宪法于1997年批准了。在2000年和2006年政变创建21世纪初持续的政治不稳定。
