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Transportation of Fiji

Airports:28 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 3
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 25
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 18 (2006)
Railways:total: 597 km
narrow gauge: 597 km 0.600-m gauge
note: belongs to the government-owned Fiji Sugar Corporation; used to haul sugarcane during harvest season (May to December) (2006)
Roadways:total: 3,440 km
paved: 1,692 km
unpaved: 1,748 km (1999)
Waterways:203 km
note: 122 km navigable by motorized craft and 200-metric-ton barges (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 7 ships (1000 GRT or over) 15,867 GRT/8,432 DWT
by type: passenger 3, passenger/cargo 2, roll on/roll off 2
foreign-owned: 1 (Australia 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Lambasa, Lautoka, Suva

Fiji Quickstats

  • Population: 918,675 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 18,270 sq km
  • Density: 46 /km² (148th)
  • GDP (total): $5.447 billion (149th)
  • GDP (per capita): $6,375 (93rd)
  • Literacy: 93.7%

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  • Currency: Fijian dollar (FJD)
  • Dial code: +679

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