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<text id=94CT0465><title>Fiji—Geography</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Fiji<nl>Geography</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Oceania, Melanesia, 2,500 km north of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 18,270 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 18,270 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly smaller than New Jersey </list> <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> 0 km <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 1,129 km <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi> measured from claimed archipelagic baselines <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>continental shelf:</hi> 200-m depth or to depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added <item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive economic zone:</hi> 200 nm <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 12 nm </list> <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> none <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly mountains of volcanic origin <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 8% <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 5% <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 3% <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 65% <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 19% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 10 sq km (1989 est.) <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> deforestation; soil erosion <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> cyclonic storms can occur from November to January <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection </list> <item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> includes 332 islands of which approximately 110 are inhabited </list></body></article></text>