Prophetic Dialogue With Cultures and Religions in Fiji Pastoral Imperative  

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Kolodisi, Timoci

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: East Asian Pastoral Review vol. 44 no. 1 (2007), page 68-93.
Topik: Fiji Pastoral; Cultures and Religions in Fiji ; Prophetic Dialogue

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Fiji, strategically positioned in the Western Pacific, is made up of 323 islands, 100 of which are inhabited. It has a total land area of 18,333 sq km. There are two major islands: Viti Levu (10,429 sq km) and Vanua Levu (5,556 sq km). The other main islands are Taveuni (470 sq km), Kadavu (411 sq km), Gau (140 sq km), and Koro (104 sq km). The Eastern parts of the main islands are wet and predominantly covered with lush rainforest, while the Western parts are generally dry (Khan and Barr 2003:9). The demographic makeup is mixed, with a total population of 775,077 according to the 1996 estimate. The ethnic groupings of the 1996 census stand as follows: Fijians1 (393,575), Indo-Fijians (338,818), Part-Europeans (11,685), Europeans (3,103), Rotumans (9,727), Chinese (4,939), other Pacific Islanders (10,463), and others (2,767). Population density of this same year was estimated to be 42.2 per sq km (Khan and Barr, 9).

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