oceania • FJI
Fiji
Location marker · geographic overview
17.71° S / 178.06° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Suva
- Population
- 928,784 2024
- Area
- 18,272 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English, Fijian, Fiji Hindi
- Currency
- Fijian dollar (FJD)
- Geography
- Island country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Fiji
Fiji (Fijian: Viti, Hindi: फ़िजी) (sometimes called the Fiji Islands) is an archipelago nation in Melanesia in the Pacific Ocean. It lies 2000 km north of New Zealand and consists of 332 islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu being the largest ones. Set within miles of open ocean, Fiji offers a spiritual heritage and natural beauty in the tropical setting of its atmosphere.
Landscape & landmarks
In short, the natural treasures alone are worth the trip, but this island nation does have a number of cultural sights to offer. There's the beautiful Garden of the Sleeping Giant on Nadi, once owned by famous actor Raymond Burr who lived here. It holds over 20 hectares full of orchids native to Fiji, many cultivated and exotic plants plus a lovely lily pond.Read the see section ↗
Food & everyday culture
Traditional food in Fiji relies heavily on tubers like taro, yams, sweet potatoes (kumala), manioc (tavioka) and breadfruit (uto), served with a relish made from meat, fish, seafood, and vegetables.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-09-17. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
A few more connections
- Highest point source-listed
- Mount Tomanivi Wikidata record ↗
Cited reference ↗ - National anthem source-listed
- God Bless Fiji Wikidata record ↗
Cited reference ↗
Wikidata, CC0 1.0. Source-matched, not independently certified. Observation year unavailable; retrieved 2026-09-27.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Melanesia
- Calling code
- +679
- Internet domain
- .fj
- Land border codes
- None listed
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the left side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .fj. Source ↗
- The source lists monday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.