Interesting Fact

Fiji is officially called the Republic of Fiji. It is an archipelago with 322 islands. Fiji was settled around 3500 to 1000 BCE. It was a British colony until 1970, when it gained independence. The country has an area of 18,274 sq km, a population of 858,000, and a medium HDI of 0.702. It main industries are travel and sugar exports.