FIJI FIJI REGION ASIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE OCTOBER 10 1970 FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JULY 25 1990 POPULATION 812918 1999 EST AREA 7055 SQ MI CAPITAL SUVA FORM OF GOVERNMENT REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES GOLD COPPER FISH TIMBER MAIN INDUSTRIES SUGAR REFINING TOURISM CLOTHING FISHING AGRICULTURE SUGARCANE COCONUTS GINGER BANANAS CASSAVA EDIBLE ROOT RICE SWEET POTATOES CATTLE PIGS HORSES GOATS CURRENCY DOLLAR GDP 5.4 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 6700 1998 EST LANGUAGES ENGLISH OFFICIAL FIJIAN HINDUSTANI RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLICISM HINDUISM ISLAM LITERACY RATE 92 LIFE EXPECTANCY 64 YEARS MALE 69 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 23 PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 6 PER 1000 POPULATION
