{"id":60779,"date":"2026-05-28T12:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=60779"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:02:37","slug":"fiji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fiji\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiji"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Fiji Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A surprise announcement by the Quad to build a \u201cmodel\u201d port in Fiji recently sparked hopes that the US, Australia, India, and Japan will fund a $1.82 billion plan to relocate the nation\u2019s main dock.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Fiji<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>country <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located in the <\/span><b>South Pacific Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>surrounding <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Koro Sea, to the northeast of New Zealand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> southwest of Hawaii.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It does <\/span><b>not share land borders with any other country.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is made up of about <\/span><b>300 islands, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">only about 100 of which are inhabited.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The islands feature a <\/span><b>central range of mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, giving way to plateaus, lowlands, and coastal plains.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Almost half<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Fiji\u2019s total area <\/span><b>remains forested,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while dry grasslands are found in western areas of the large islands.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>capital, Suva<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is on the<\/span><b> southeast coast of the largest island, Viti Levu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(\u201cGreat Fiji\u201d).<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viti Levu accounts for <\/span><b>more than half of Fiji\u2019s land area.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes the <\/span><b>country\u2019s highest peak, Mount Tomanivi,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> standing at 1,324 m (4,344 ft).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiji Islands are largely the <\/span><b>product of volcanic action, sedimentary deposit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>formations of coral.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>majority <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Fijians are of<\/span><b> mixed Melanesian-Polynesian ancestry, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a <\/span><b>large South Asian minority.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiji&#8217;s <\/span><b>major languages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>English, Fijian, and Hindi,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its major <\/span><b>religions <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Currency: Fiji dollar.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiji has one of the <\/span><b>most developed economies in the Pacific, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">relying heavily on its <\/span><b>tourism and sugar industries.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Political History:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiji <\/span><b>became independent in 1970<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> after nearly a century as a <\/span><b>British colony.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On independence, Fiji <\/span><b>adopted a constitutional democratic form of government <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">based on the <\/span><b>Westminster system.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>series of coups (1987, 2000, and 2006) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">slowed Fiji&#8217;s progress to its current <\/span><b>parliamentary democracy under the 2013 Constitution of Fiji.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiji has a 55-seat <\/span><b>unicameral parliament. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/with-quad-pledge-fiji-hopes-for-a-development-spurt-14015830.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>FP<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fiji is a country located in the South Pacific Ocean, surrounding the Koro Sea, to the northeast of New Zealand and southwest of Hawaii. 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