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Geography of Fiji





Fiji is a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, lying about 4,450 kilometres (2,765mi)  southwest of Honolulu and 1,770km (1,100mi) north of New Zealand. Of the 332 islands and 522 smaller islets making up the archipelago, about 106 are permanently inhabited.[1] Viti Levu, the largest island, covers about 57% of the nation's land area, hosts the two official cities (the capital Suva, and Lautoka) and most other major towns, such as Nausori, Vaileka, Ba, Tavua, Kororvou, Nasinu, and Nadi (the site of the international airport), and contains some 69% of the population.  Vanua Levu, 64km (40mi) to the north of Viti Levu, covers just over 30% of the land area though is home to only some 15% of the population.  Its main towns are Labasa and Savusavu. In the northeast it features Natewa Bay, carving out the Loa peninsula.
Both islands are mountainous, with peaks up to 1,300m (4,300ft) rising abruptly from the shore, and covered with tropical forests. Heavy rains (up to 304cm or 120 inches annually) fall on the windward (southeastern) side, covering these sections of the islands with dense tropical forest. Lowlands on the western portions of each of the main islands are sheltered by the mountains and have a well-marked dry season favorable to crops such as sugarcane.
Other islands and island groups, which cover just 12.5% of the land area and house some 16% of the population, include Taveuni southeast off Vanua Levu and Kadavu Island, south off Viti Levu (the third and fourth largest islands respectively), the Mamanuca Group (just off Nadi) and Yasawa Group (to the north of the Mamanucas), which are popular tourist destinations, the Lomaiviti Group (just off Suva) with Levuka, the former capital and the only major town on any of the smaller islands, located on the island of Ovalau, and the remote Lau Group over the Koro Sea to the east near Tonga, from which it is separated by the Lakeba Passage.
Two outlying regions are Rotuma, 400km (250mi) to the north, and the uninhabited coral atoll and cay Ceva-i-Ra or Conway Reef, 450km (280mi) to the southwest of main Fiji. Culturally conservative Rotuma with its 2000 people on 44km2 (17sqmi) 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reported on 21 September 2006 that the Fiji Islands Maritime and Safety Administration (FIMSA), while reviewing its outdated maritime charts, had discovered the possibility that more islands could lie within Fiji's Exclusive Economic Zone.
More than half of Fiji's population lives on the island coasts, either in Suva or in smaller urban centers. The interior is sparsely populated because of its rough terrain.
Statistics
Location
Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean; Geographic coordinates:

Map references
Oceania
Area
Total: 18,274km2 (7,056sqmi)
Land: 18,274km2 (7,056sqmi)[2]
Water: 0km2 (0sqmi)
Area – comparative
Slightly smaller than New Jersey; slightly less than one third Nova Scotia's size; slightly smaller than Wales
Land boundaries
0km (0mi)
Coastline
1,129km (702mi)
Maritime claims
Measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
Territorial sea: 12 nautical miles (22km; 14mi)
Exclusive economic zone: 200nmi (370km; 230mi)
Continental shelf: 200m (660ft) 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, beaches
Elevation extremes
Lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0km (0mi)
Highest point: Mount Tomanivi 1,324 metres (4,344ft)
Natural resources
Timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential, hydropower
Land use
Arable land: 9.03%
Permanent crops: 4.65%
Other: 86.32% (2011)
Irrigated land
30km2 (12sqmi) (2003)
Total renewable water resources
28.55km3 (6.85cumi) (2011)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)
total: 0.08km3/a (0.019cumi/a) (30%/11%/59%)
per capita: 100.1m3/a (130.9cuyd/a) (2005)
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 322 islands and islets of which approximately 110 are inhabited
Extreme points
This is a list of the extreme points of Fiji, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
Northernmost point – Uea Island, Rotuma, Eastern Division
Easternmost point – Vatoa Island, Eastern Division
Southernmost point – Ceva-i-Ra island, Western Division
Westernmost point –  Viwa Island, Western Division
Antipodes
The antipodes of Fiji are in eastern Mali, around the northernmost bend of the Niger River. The small western island of Yasawa is antipodal to the Niger about 50km (31mi) from Timbuktu, whereas the eastern cape of Vanua Levu corresponds to the old imperial city of Gao.
The antipodes of the dependency of Rotuma are in Burkina Faso, west of Ouagadougou.
See also
Fiji
Flora and fauna of Fiji
List of birds of Fiji