Isizwe saseFiji esiqhingini saseNingizimu Pacific asiyona indawo ehambelayo yokuvakasha , kodwa iziqhingi zayo ziyizivakashi ezimangalisayo, zombili nezendalo ezenziwe ngabantu, futhi ziyizinganekwane zasendulo nezindlovu kanye nezindlovu zezombangazwe zanamuhla. Nazi ambalwa amaqiniso angalibaleki mayelana neFiji:
• I-Fiji iqukethe iziqhingi ezingu-333, ezingaba ngu-110 zazo.
• Iziqhingi ezimbili ezinkulu, uViti Levu noVanua Levu, zibalwa ngamaphesenti angama-87% abantu abangaba ngu-883,000.
• Inhloko-dolobha, iSuva eViti Levu, isebenza njengechweba eliyinhloko laseFiji. Cishe izingxenye ezintathu zezindawo zaseFijiya zihlala ezigodini zaseViti Levu, noma eSuva noma ezindaweni ezincane ezisemadolobheni afana neNadi (ukuvakasha) noma iLautoka (imboni yamashukela).
• Isibalo somhlaba wonke seFiji sincane kakhulu kunezwe laseNew Jersey.
• I-Fiji ingamamayela angaphezu kwamakhilomitha angaphezu kuka-4,000 wamakhorali, kuhlanganise ne-Great Astrolabe Reef.
• Amanzi aseFiji ahlala ezinhlotsheni ezingaphezu kuka-1 500 zokuphila kolwandle.
• Iphuzu eliphakeme kakhulu laseFiji nguMt Tomanivi ngamamitha angu-4 334.
• I-Fiji ithola abavakashi abangu-400 000 no-500 000 ngonyaka.
• I-Fiji inezikhumulo zezindiza ezingu-28, kodwa ezine kuphela ezinezindlela ezihamba phambili.
• IsiNgisi ulimi olusemthethweni lweFiji (nakuba iFijian ikhulunywa).
• Izinga lokufunda nokubhala phakathi kwabantu abadala cishe amaphesenti angu-94.
• Ngokusho kwemfundiso yasendulo yaseFijian, umlando weFiji waqala ngo-1500 BC lapho kufika izikebhe ezinkulu ezivela e-Taganika enyakatho yeGibhithe, zithwala uMthembu uLutunasobasoba kanye nempahla ekhethekile: ingcebo evela ethempelini leNkosi Soloman kwaJuda, kubandakanya ibhokisi elikhethekile elibizwa ngokuthi "uKato, "okusho ukuthi icala, futhi" iMana, "okusho ukuthi uMichawi, eFijian uhumusha" Ibhokisi Lezibusiso. " Lapho leli bhokisi lithengiswa elwandle olwandle eMamnuca Islands, uLutunasobasoba wanikeza umyalelo wokungawutholi, kodwa uGenerali Degei wakhe ubuye ngemuva kwesikhathi wazama.
Uvele waphumelela ekutholeni idayimani elikhulu elingaphandle kwebhokisi futhi waqalekiswa futhi waguqulwa waba yinyoka ene-diamond ekhanda lakhe kuze kube phakade futhi ubanjwe emhumeni wamanzini eSawa-i-lau e-Yasawas. AmaFijiya akholelwa ukuthi leli bhokisi lisengcwatshwe namuhla emanzini phakathi kukaLikuliku noMana futhi lilethe izibusiso ezinkulu emadolobheni asendaweni.
• Ngo-1643, u-Dutchman Abel Tasman, owaziwa ngokuhlola kwakhe kulokho okwamanje i-Australia ne-New Zealand, i-Vanua Levu, isiqhingi sesibili esikhulu kunazo zonke eVanua Levu, kodwa akazange afike.
• Ngomnyaka ka-1789, emva kokumiswa eTahiti ngabathuthuli be- HMS Bounty , uCaptain William Bligh kanye namanye amadoda angu-18 baxoshwa yizikebhe zempi zaseFijiya kulokho okwakuthiwa yiBligh Water. Bashintsha isikebhe sabo esivulekile esingamamitha angu-22 futhi babalekela, okwenza kuTimor.
• Amaphesenti angaba ngu-57 abantu baseFiji bangumxube waseMelanesi noma iMelanesia / ePolynesia, kanti amaphesenti angu-37 avela kumaNdiya angenakunyakazane alethwa eziqhingini ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19 iBritish ukuba isebenze emasimini ashukela.
• I-Fiji yayiyi-koloni yaseBrithani kusukela ngo-1874 kuya ku-1970. I-Fiji yaba yizimele ngo-10 Okthoba 1970, futhi ilungu leBritish Commonwealth of Nations.
• Ifulegi laseFiji liqukethe iBritish The Union Jack (phezulu ngakwesokunxele), elimele ukubambisana kwezwe elide neGreat Britain. Inkambu eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ifanekisela iPacific Ocean. Isigqoko sezandla sibonisa ingonyama yaseBrithani yaseGrithani ephethe i-cocoa pod, kanye namapaneli abonisa isundu, ushukela, ubhanana namajuba wokuthula.
• Inkolo eyinhloko yeFiji ingumKristu, ilandelwa amaHindu namaRoma Katolika.
• Ithempeli elikhulu kunazo zonke lamaHindu eFiji yiThempeli le-Sri Siva Subramaniya elimibalabala, elilodwa lezimpawu ezinkulu eNadi.
• Ukubusa kwentando yeningi yaseFiji kuye kwavivinywa izikhathi eziningana emashumini amane eminyaka edlule ngamabhomu ezombusazwe kanye nezomphakathi. Ukuqothulwa kwezempi kokuqala kwenzeka ngo-1987 ngokukhathazeka ukuthi uhulumeni wayebuswa umphakathi waseNdiya. Ukukhishwa kwabahlali okwenzekile ngo-May 2000, kulandelwa ukhetho lwentando yeningi likaNdunankulu uLaisaa Qarase, owaqokwa kabusha ngoMeyi 2006. U-Quarese waphoqeleka ngaphandle kukaDisemba 2006 embusweni wezempi owaholwa nguCommodore Voreqe Baininarama, owaba yisikhathi esincane uNgqongqoshe. Kodwa-ke, i-Bainimarama yenqabe ukukhetha ukhetho lwentando yeningi.