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FIJI (Viii)

This article appears in Volume V10, Page 335 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: FAT-FLA
FIJI (Viii) , a British colony consisting of an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, the most important in
Polynesia
 , between 15 and 2o S., and on and about the meridian of 18o. The islands number about 250, of which some 8o are inhabited. The total land area is 7435 sq. m. (thus roughly equalling that of Wales), and the population is about 121,000. The principal
island
  is Viti Levu, 98 m. in length (E. to W.) and 67 in extreme breadth, with an area of 4112 sq. m.
Forty
  miles N.E. lies Vanua Levu, measuring 117 M. by 30, with an area of 2432 sq. m. Close off the
south
 -eastern shore of Vanua Levu is Taviuni, 26 m. in length by to in breadth; Kandavu or Kadavu, 36 m.
long
  and very narrow, is 41 M. S. of Viti Levu, and the three other main islands, lying
east
  of Viti Levu in the Koro Sea, are Koro, Ngau or Gau, and Ovalau.
South
 -
east
  from Vanua Levu a loop of islets extends nearly to 2o S., enclosing the Koro Sea. North-west of Viti Levu lies another chain, the Yasawa or western group; and, finally, the colony includes the island of Rotumah (q.v.), 300 M. N.W. by N. of Vanua Levu.
The formation of the larger islands is volcanic, their surface rugged, their vegetation luxuriant, and their
appearance
  very
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cultivator
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delta
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