Fiji

Fiji

Fiji ranks 161st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Burundi, Liberia, and Mauritania. Memorable people born in present day Fiji include Jioji Konrote, Josefa Iloilo, and Seru Epenisa Cakobau. Memorable people who died in Fiji include Josefa Iloilo, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, and Laisenia Qarase. Fiji has been the birth place of many rugby players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians.

Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,100 nautical miles north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about 18,300 square kilometres (7,100 sq mi). The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts, either in the capital city of Suva, or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi or Lautoka. The interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited because of its terrain. Read more on Wikipedia