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Datos curiosos... The International Date Line crosses the Fiji islands. This imaginary line marks the change from one »» Más
Formas de vestir... La luz, ropa ocasional se usa a través del año, pero el traje público es bastante con »» Más
Socialización... Fijians are generous, friendly, and easygoing. Daily life in Fiji is relaxed and casual. Some call i »» Más
Familia... The Fijian people are family oriented and the father acts as head of the home. Families can be large »» Más
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Fiji Historia (english)
Melanesian and Polynesian peoples settled the Fijian islands some 3,500 years ago. European traders and missionaries arrived in the first half of the 19th century, and the resulting disruption led to increasingly serious wars among the native Fijian confederacies. One Ratu (chief), Cakobau, gained limited control over the western islands by the 1850s, but the continuing unrest led him and a convention of chiefs to cede Fiji unconditionally to the British in 1874.
The pattern of colonialism in Fiji during the following century was similar to that in many other British possessions: the pacification of the countryside, the spread of plantation agriculture, and the introduction of Indian indentured »» Más | Estadística
Ciudades capitales... Suva
Población: 944,720
Producto interno bruto: $3,620,000,000 (USD)
Área total: 18,270 (sq km) 7,054 (sq mi)
Moneda: Fijian dollar
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