Paula+R

I have mentioned that Fiji lies about 500 miles of Tongatapu which is the capital of Nukualofa. Nukualofa is part of the many, small islands of Tonga. Those two islands are a part of Oceania, which is an island group in South Pacific Ocean and 2/3 away from Hawaii and New Zealand. The climate here is tropical marine. The natural resources here are rather important to the natives’ society. Those natural resources include:   timber  fish  gold  copper 6. Hydropower Fiji has become more urban now then it was in 1780. The population has grown by a lot. From only having small villages to now having a population of 944,720 is good progress. They gained their independence from the U.K. in 1970 on October 10th. The good people have not informed me on what the currency is here, but I will try to find out. Fiji has a lot of imports which can be good and bad. Good because they will have products to use; bad because their imports are expensive products such as: 1. manufactured goods 2. machinery and transport equipment 3. petroleum products 4. food 5. chemicals But they do have good exports as well, such as: 1. sugar 2. garments 3. gold 4. timber 5. fish 6. molasses <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">7. coconut oil The standard of living in Fiji is actually very good. They have a per capita GDP of $3,900, literacy rate of 93.7% and a life expectancy of 70.73 yrs. Goodbye! And thanks for listening! -Paula Rivera-
 * 1) <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">5.  offshore oil (potential)

Here are some photographs of modern day Fiji:







Here are some pictures of James Webber and his paintings: