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Located in the southwestern Pacific, north of New Zealand, [[Portal:Fiji|Fiji]] is made up of over 300 islands, but only 110 are inhabited. The larger islands are volcanic, although none of the volcanoes are now active. They are mountainous, humid, and tropical, and are surrounded by coral reefs. The largest islands are''Viti Levu, Vanua Levu'', and ''Taveuni'', where most of the population is concentrated. Population in 2000 was 832,494.''Fijian, English'', and ''Hindustani'' are the main languages. Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the constitution. In 1999 there were about 12,000 LDS Church members.  

B.C. Inhabited by Lapita people from Asia.[[Image:Fiji.png|thumb|right|400px]]<br>B.C. Inhabited by Polynesians and Melanesians.<br>1643 Visited by Abel Janzsoon Tazman, who was Dutch.<br>1774 Visited by Captain James Cook of England.<br>1792 William Bligh explored the islands.<br>1800 Traders visited to get sandalwood.<br>1820 European traders hired Fijians to harvest sea cucumbers. <br>1854 Chief Ratu Cakobau, a Fijiian, became a Christian through the efforts of Methodist Missionaries. <br>1860 Civil War in the USA made cotton valuable, and Europeans emigrated to Fiji.<br>1865 Ratu Cakobau united rival tribes and ended cannibalism. <br>1867 A rival chief of Tongan descent, named Ma`afu, became governor.<br>1871 Ratu Cakobau became King of Fiji.<br>1874 Fiji became a colony of the British. <br>1875 Sir Albert Gordon, the first British Governor-general of Fiji, established the policy of government through the chiefs,