Isizwe saseSiqithi saseMzantsi Pacific saseFiji akusiyo kuphela indawo ekhethiweyo yokuvakashela ikhefu , kodwa iziqithi zayo zihlala kwiimpawu ezimangalisayo, zendalo kunye nezenziwe ngabantu, kwaye ziyindawo yokuloba neengcamango zamandulo kunye neengcamango zezopolitiko zanamhlanje. Nazi ezimbalwa zezinto ezikhunjulwayo ngeFiji:
• I-Fiji iqukethe iziqithi ezingama-333, malunga ne-110 zazo ezihlala kuyo.
• Iziqithi ezimbini ezinkulu, iViti Levu kunye neVanua Levu, i-87% yabemi malunga nama-883,000.
• Inkulu, iSuva kwiViti Levu, isebenza njengechweba eliyinhloko laseFiji. Phantse kwiikota ezintathu zaseFijiya zihlala kwimida yaseViti Levu, mhlawumbi eSuva okanye kwiindawo ezincinci zasezidolophini ezifana neNadi (ezokhenketho) okanye iLautoka (imboni yerhasi).
• Ubunzima bomhlaba wonke beFiji buncinci kunobume baseNew Jersey.
• IFiji inekhaya elingaphezu kweekhilomitha ezili-4,000 zeekorale, kuquka i-Great Astrolabe Reef.
• Amanzi aseFiji ahlala kwiintlobo ezingaphezu kwe-1,500 zobomi bolwandle.
• Indawo ephezulu yeFiji yiMat Tomanivi kwii-4,344 iinyawo.
• I-Fiji ifumana abavakhenkethi be-400 000 nabangama-500,000 ngonyaka.
• I-Fiji ineendawo zeenqwelo-moya ezingama-28, kodwa ezine kuphela eziye zahamba ngeendlela.
• IsiNgesi ngolwimi olusemthethweni lweFiji (nangona i- Fijian ithetha kwakhona).
• Iqondo lokufunda nokubhala phakathi kwabantu abadala liphantse malunga nama-94 ekhulwini.
• Ngokweengcamango zaseFiji zasendulo, imbali yaseFiji yaqala ngo-1500 BC xa iinqanawa ezinkulu zempi zafika zivela eTaganika ngasentla kweYiputa, zithwele iLutunasobasoba oyiNtloko kunye nempahla ekhethekileyo: ubutyebi obuvela endlwini kaKumkani uSolomon kwaYuda, kuquka ibhokisi ekhethekileyo ebizwa ngokuthi "iKato, "ithetha imeko, kwaye" iMana, "ethi uMichawi, eFijian iguqulela" Ibhokisi Yeentsikelelo. " Xa ibhokisi echithwa elwandle eliseMamnuca Islands, uLutunasobasoba wanikela umyalelo wokungawufumani, kodwa u-General Degei wabuya emva komhla waza wazama.
Wayephumelela kuphela ekufumaneni idayimani enkulu eyayingaphandle kwebhokisi waza waqalekiswa waza waguqulwa waba yinyoka kunye nedayim ekhanda lakhe ngonaphakade kwaye ubanjwe emgodini wamanxweme eSawa-i-lau eYasawas. AmaFijiya akholelwa ukuba ibhokisi ibingcwatywe namhlanje emanzini phakathi kweLikuliku kunye neMana kwaye uye waletha iintsikelelo ezinkulu kwiidolophana zommandla.
• Ngo-1643, u-Dutchman Abel Tasman, owaziwayo ngokuphonononga kwakhe kwizinto ezikhoyo ngoku e-Australia kunye neNew Zealand, ebonwa yiVanua Levu, isiqithi sesibini esikhulu kunazo zonke saseFiji, kodwa akazange ahlale.
• Ngowe-1789, emva kokumiselwa kweTahiti ngabahlali be- HMS Bounty , uKaputeni uWilliam Bligh kunye namanye amadoda angama-18 axoshwa yiinqanawa zemfazwe zaseFijiya ngoku kuthiwa yiBligh Water. Bahamba ngeenqanawa ezivulekileyo ezingama-22 ezivulekileyo baze babalekela, benza iTimor.
• Phantse ama-57 ekhulwini labantu baseFiji bangumxube weMelanesian okanye iMelanesia / iPolynesian mix, ngelixa iipesenti ezingama-37 zivela kumaNdiya angenakuthi aziswa kwiiqithi ngasekupheleni kweXesha le-19 ngeBritani ukuba asebenze izityalo zengxube.
• I-Fiji yayiyi-koloni yaseBrithani ukusuka ngo-1874 ukuya ku-1970. I-Fiji yaba yindalo ngo-10 Oktobha 1970, kwaye ilungu leBritish Commonwealth of Nations.
• Iflegi yeFiji iqulethe iBritish I-Union Jack (ephezulu ngakwesobunxele), emele umbutho welizwe elide kunye ne-Great Britain. Intsimi yebhanqa yebluhlaza ifanekisela i-Pacific Ocean. Ingubo yeengalo ibonisa ibhokhwe yaseGoogle yaseBritan ephethe i-cocoa pod, kunye neepaneli ezibonisa umthi wesundu, umjela, iibhanana kunye nehobe loxolo.
• Inkolo enkulu yeFiji ingumKristu, ilandelwa yiHindu neRoma yamaRoma.
• Ithempeli elikhulu lamaHindu eFiji yiNdlu ye-Sri Siva Subramaniya enemibala, enye yezona ndawo ziphawulekayo kwiNadi.
• Ulawulo lwentando yeninzi yaseFiji luye lwavavanywa ngamaxesha amaninzi kwiminyaka emine edlulileyo ngemikhosi yempi kunye noluntu. Izibini zokuqala zokulwa kwezempi zenzeke ngowe-1987 malunga nokukhathazeka ukuba urhulumente wayelawulwa ngabantu baseNdiya. Ukukhwabanisa kwabahlali kwenzeka ngoMeyi 2000, kulandelwa ukhetho lwentando yeningi lukaNdunankulu uLaisaa Qarase, okhe wanyulwa kwakhona ngoMeyi 2006. U-Quarese waphoqeleka ngoDisemba 2006 emkhosini wemikhosi ekhokelwa nguCommodore Voreqe Baininarama, owaba ngowokuqala ngumphathiswa. Nangona kunjalo, i-Bainimarama iye yenqaba ukubamba ukhetho lwentando yeninzi.