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عرض الرسائل ذات التصنيف .Country in Oceania.

Fiji

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Fiji Fiji / is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific about 2000 km northeast of the northern island of New Zealand Most of the Fiji Islands were formed through volcanic activity around 150 million years ago. Some geothermal activities are still noticeable on the Vanua Levu and Tafion Islands. Fiji has been inhabited since the second millennium BC. The country includes an archipelago of more than 332 islands of which 110 are permanently inhabited, and more than 500 small islands with an area of ​​approximately 18,300 km2  The two main islands are Viti Levu and Vanua Levu and 87% of the population of approximately 850,000 people. The first includes Suva, the capital and largest city of Fiji. Most of Fiji residents live on the coasts of Viti Levu, either in Suva or in small urban centers. As for the heart of the island of Viti Levu, its population density is very low due to the topography of the island Fiji has a local government system, with m...

Samoa

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Samoa Samoa / or officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa or German Samoa, is a country that includes the western section of the Samoa Islands in the southern Pacific. It gained independence from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of the country are Opole and Savoy, which is one of the largest Polynesian islands The climate is tropical, seasonal, with average annual temperatures of 26.5 ° C (79.7 ° F). The rainy season runs from November to April. Savay Island is the largest between the Samoan Islands and the Sixth Polynesian Island, after the North and South Islands of New Zealand, Stuart Island, and the Hawaiian and Maui Islands. The Savoy population is 42,000 people Samoa is a result of volcanic activity which is caused by the hotspot in Samoa which is a possible result of the mantle. While all of the islands are of volcanic origin, the island of Savoy is only the most extreme island in western Samoa still active as th...

Vanuatu

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Vanuatu Vanuatu / is an island country located in the South Pacific. It is an archipelago of volcanic origin and is approximately 1,750 km northeast of Australia, 500 km northeast of New Caledonia, western Fiji, southeast Solomon Islands and near New Guinea. The first to live in Vanuatu are the Melanesian peoples The first to live in Vanuatu are the Melanesian peoples. While the first Europeans arrived to visit the islands among the members of the Spanish mission led by Fernandes de Quiros, which landed in Espírito Santo in 1605. In the eighties of the nineteenth century France and the United Kingdom imposed control of parts of the country and in 1906 they agreed on a framework for joint management of the archipelago in the name of the new Hebrides. The independence movement arose in the 1970s and the Vanuatu Republic emerged in 1980 Vanuatu prevails in a tropical climate. The country is exposed to southeast trade winds from May to October. It rains between Nove...

Tonga

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Tonga Tonga / is an archipelago of 176 islands scattered over an area of ​​700,000 km2 in the South Pacific, of which only 52 are inhabited. The kingdom extends about 800 km from north to south and is located about a third of the distance between New Zealand and Hawaii. As for the origin of the name, it belongs to the Polynesian languages, where the word "Tonga" means the south Tonga is also known as the friendly islands because of the warm hospitality that Captain James Cook received on his first visit there in 1773. Coincidentally, he landed on that land in conjunction with the Inassi Festival and represents the annual donation of the first fruits of Toi Tonga, a great island leader, where Cook received an invitation to attend the celebration. . According to author William Mariner, island leaders wanted to kill Cook during the harvest but they had not agreed on a plan Humans have lived in Tonga for nearly 3,000 years since settling in the late La...

Tuvalu

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Tuvalu Tuvalu / formerly known as the Ellis Islands is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its neighbors are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It includes four atolls and five real islands. With a population of 10,472 making it the third smallest sovereign country in terms of population in the world against the Vatican and Nauru The country consists of 9 islands that form a chain that extends from the northwest to the southeast with a length of 260 miles in the southwest Pacific Ocean, south of the equator, and its closest neighbor is Carpathian from the north, and Fiji from the south, 650 miles away, and the islands are all low, no more than 15 feet in height Although Tuvalu is one of the smallest countries in the world, but it is one of the poorest countries, its resources are limited to pension crops, sea fishing, and very limited sales of hookah pulp, and it cannot dispense with the international aid pr...

The Republic of Kiribati

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The Republic of Kiribati Kiribati / is an archipelago located in the tropical Central Pacific. The permanent population exceeds 100,000 and consists of 32 atolls and high coral islands scattered over more than 3.5 million square kilometers on both sides of the equator, located on the international history line in its easternmost Kiribati was divided into provinces until its independence. The country is currently divided into three groups of islands that have no administrative function, including the group that combines the Line and Phoenix Islands (and visited in London on Christmas Island). Each inhabited island has its own council (three councils in Tarawa: Beteo, Southern Tarawa, and North Tarawa; two houses in Tabtuya). The original areas were used As one of the world's most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts, Kiribati is actively participating in international diplomatic efforts on climate change, the most important of which are the fram...

Marshall Islands

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Marshall Islands Marshall Islands / is an island country in the Western Pacific Ocean. It is located north of Kiribati and Nauru, east of Micronesia and south of the Wake Island of the United States of America. The Marshall Islands was formerly run by the United States as part of a four-decade United Nations-supervised territory and gained independence in 1986 The Marshall Islands are located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Carolina and Mariana Islands, and to the northwest of the Gilbert Islands. East from China is about 4,800 km, north of Australia about 3,500 km, and extends between latitudes 5-15 north of the equator, and between longitudes 161-172 east of Greenwich, and the islands area is about 180 km² The Spanish sailor Alvaro Sapdra is the first white man to visit the Marshall Islands in 1529, and the islands were named after the British sea captain "John Marshall", who was credited with their discovery in 1788 AD. German...

Micronesia, Federated States of

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Micronesia, Federated States of The United States of Micronesia / is an independent island country, located in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Papua New Guinea. Its capital is Palikir. The islands were part of the trusted territory of the United Nations Pacific Islands, and under American administration. In 1979, Micronesia adopted a constitution, and declared independence seven years later The Federated States of Micronesia consists of 607 islands that extend approximately 2,900 km across the archipelago of the Caroline Islands in the eastern Philippines. It is divided into four groups: Yap, Chowk (and it was called Truk until January 1990), Pohnpei (and it was called Bonap until November 1984) and Kosrae (formerly Kusai). These four states are represented by a white star in the national emblem. The capital of the Federated States of Micronesia is Palikir, from Pohnpei. The seven official languages ​​of the country are: English, Julian. Welsh, Japanese, Bohnahaba, ...

Palau

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Palau Palau / is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean located 800 km east of the Philippines. In 1978, three decades after she subscribed to the United Nations Trusteeship Program, Palau opted for independence rather than becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia and concluded a free cooperation treaty in 1986 but did not ratify until 1993 The Republic of Palau consists of six groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is approximately 800 kilometers from the eastern coast of the Philippines. It is located in the islands called "Micronesia". It consists of: Palau Islands (which in turn are part of the Caroline Islands) in addition to some of the islands located in the southwestern side; The number of islands in this country ranges between 250 and 350 islands - varying according to the size classification of the islands - while only nine of them are inhabited islands, the largest of which is "Balabaldop" also known as "Bhattabawab...