Fiji

Country	Republic of Fiji
Capital	Suva (on Viti Levu)
Independence	10 October 1970 (from the UK)
National holiday	Independence Day, second Monday of October (1970)
Population	890,057 (July 2012 est.)
Sex ratio	1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2011 est.)
Nationality	Fijian(s)
Religions	Protestant 55.4% (Methodist 34.6%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.9%, Anglican 0.8%, other 10.4%), Hindu 27.9%, Roman Catholic 9.1%, Muslim 6.3%, Sikh 0.3%, other or unspecified 0.3%, none 0.7% (2007 census)
Languages	English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani
Literacy	Age 15 and over can read and write Total population: 93.7% Male: 95.5% Female: 91.9% (2003 est.)
Location	Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
Geographic coordinates	18 00 S, 175 00 E
Map references	Oceania
Area	Total: 18,274 sq km Land: 18,274 sq km Water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	Slightly smaller than New Jersey
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	1,129 km
Maritime claims	Measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines Territorial sea: 12 nm Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm Continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added
Climate	Tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation
Terrain	Mostly mountains of volcanic origin
Elevation extremes	Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m Highest point: Tomanivi 1,324 m
Natural resources	Timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower
Exports - commodities	Sugar, garments, gold, timber, fish, molasses, coconut oil
Imports - commodities	Manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, petroleum products, food, chemicals
Land use	Arable land: 10.95% Permanent crops: 4.65% Other: 84.4% (2005)
Irrigated land	30 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	28.6 cu km (1987)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	Total: 0.07 cu km/yr (14%/14%/71%) Per capita: 82 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	Cyclonic storms can occur from November to January
Environment - current issues	Deforestation; soil erosion
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography - note	includes 332 islands; approximately 110 are inhabited