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Fun fact 5 about Fiji

Map showing the migration and expansion of the Austronesians, beginning c. 3000 BC from Taiwan
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A measles epidemic in 1875–76 killed over 40,000 Fijians, about one-third of the population at the time.

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Fiji

Population
933.2K
Area
18,274 km²
Capital
Suva
Continent
Oceania
157th most populous country in the world

Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an archipelagic country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about 1,100 nautical miles north-northeast of New Zealand.

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