{"id":60779,"date":"2025-08-26T12:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=60779"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:02:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T07:32:38","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;\">India will provide training and equipment to upgrade Fiji\u2019s maritime security, Prime Minister said recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Fiji<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a country located in the <\/span><b>South Pacific Ocean,<\/b> <b>surrounding <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Koro Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to the <\/span><b>northeast of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/new-zealand\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Zealand <\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and southwest of Hawaii.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>archipelago <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consisting of some <\/span><b>300 islands <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and 540 islets scattered over about 1,000,000 square miles (3,000,000 sq.km).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It does <\/span><b>not share land borders with any other country.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of the 300 islands, about <\/span><b>100 are inhabited.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> capital, Suva, is on<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the southeast coast of the <\/span><b>largest island, Viti Levu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(\u201c<\/span><b>Great Fiji\u201d)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Viti Levu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">accounts for <\/span><b>more than half of Fiji\u2019s land area.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This region is characterized by rugged terrain, with a <\/span><b>central mountain range<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that 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=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fiji has a complex geologic history and the<\/span><b> islands are largely the product of volcanic action, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sedimentary deposit, and formations of coral.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Almost half of Fiji\u2019s total area 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=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>majority of Fijians <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are of <\/span><b>mixed Melanesian-Polynesian ancestry, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a <\/span><b>large South Asian minority<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Languages: English (official), Fijian.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Currency: Fiji dollar.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-fiji-decide-to-boost-defence-ties\/article69974463.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/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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