Fiji (sometimes called the Fiji Islands), (http://www.bulafiji.com/) is a Melanesian country in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand and consists of an archipelago that includes 332 islands, a handful of which make up most of the land area, and approximately 110 of which are inhabited.

Fiji straddles the 180 degree longitude line (which crosses land on a remote tip of Vanua Levu and again near the center of Taveuni), so the international date line jogs east, placing Fiji all in one time zone and, ahead of most of the rest of the world.

Regions

• Viti Levu - main and largest island.
• Vanua Levu - second largest and more northern islands.
• Taveuni - third largest island, near Vanua Levu, with the 180th meridian, and exclusive habitat of the Tagimoucia Flower.
• Kadavu - island south of Viti Levu.
• Ovalau - sixth largest island, east of Viti Levu.
• Yasawa Islands - north-western group popular for island-hopping holidays
• Nananu-i-Ra Island - off the northern coast of Viti Levu.
• Mamanuca Islands - tiny islands west of Viti Levu.
• Lomaiviti Islands - central group of islands between Viti Levu and Lau Group.
• Lau Islands - group of many small islands in eastern Fiji.