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  1. <text>
  2. <title>
  3. Fiji: Geography
  4. </title>
  5. <article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Fiji
  6. Geography</hdr><body>
  7. <p>Location: Oceania, 2,500 km north of New Zealand in the South
  8. Pacific Ocean
  9. </p>
  10. <list>
  11. <l>Area:</l>
  12. <l>  total area: 18,270 km2</l>
  13. <l>  land area: 18,270 km2</l>
  14. <l>  comparative area: slightly smaller than New Jersey</l>
  15. </list>
  16. <p>Land boundaries: 0 km
  17. </p>
  18. <p>Coastline: 1,129 km
  19. </p>
  20. <list>
  21. <l>Maritime claims: (measured from claimed archipelagic
  22. baselines)</l>
  23. <l>  continental shelf: 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation;
  24. rectilinear shelf claim added</l>
  25. <l>  exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
  26. <l>  territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
  27. </list>
  28. <p>International disputes: none
  29. </p>
  30. <p>Climate: tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature
  31. variation
  32. </p>
  33. <p>Terrain: mostly mountains of volcanic origin
  34. </p>
  35. <p>Natural resources: timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil
  36. potential
  37. </p>
  38. <list>
  39. <l>Land use:</l>
  40. <l>  arable land: 8%</l>
  41. <l>  permanent crops: 5%</l>
  42. <l>  meadows and pastures: 3%</l>
  43. <l>  forest and woodland: 65%</l>
  44. <l>  other: 19%</l>
  45. </list>
  46. <p>Irrigated land: 10 km2 (1989 est.)
  47. </p>
  48. <p>Environment: subject to hurricanes from November to January;
  49. includes 332 islands of which approximately 110 are inhabited
  50. </p></body></article></text>
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