Merchant marine: total: 7 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 19,879 GRT/18,444 DWT ships by type: cargo 5, roll-on/roll-off cargo 1, short-sea passenger 1 Airports: total: 1 with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1 @Faroe Islands:Communications Telephone system: 27,900 telephones; good international communications; fair domestic facilities local: NA intercity: NA international: 3 coaxial submarine cables Radio: broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 3 repeaters 10, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: 3 (repeaters 29) televisions: NA @Faroe Islands:Defense Forces Branches: no organized native military forces; only a small Police Force and Coast Guard are maintained Defense expenditures: $NA, NA% of GDP Note: defense is the responsibility of Denmark ________________________________________________________________________ FIJI @Fiji:Geography Location: Oceania, island group in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand Map references: Oceania Area: total area: 18,270 sq km land area: 18,270 sq km comparative area: slightly smaller than New Jersey Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 1,129 km Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation; rectilinear shelf claim added exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical marine; only slight seasonal temperature variation Terrain: mostly mountains of volcanic origin Natural resources: timber, fish, gold, copper, offshore oil potential Land use: arable land: 8% permanent crops: 5% meadows and pastures: 3% forest and woodland: 65% other: 19% Irrigated land: 10 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: deforestation; soil erosion natural hazards: cyclonic storms can occur from November to January international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 94 Note: includes 332 islands of which approximately 110 are inhabited @Fiji:People Population: 772,891 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 36% (female 136,570; male 142,581) 15-64 years: 61% (female 235,491; male 235,411) 65 years and over: 3% (female 11,943; male 10,895) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 1.16% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 23.69 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 6.42 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: -5.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 65.42 years male: 63.13 years female: 67.82 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.87 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Fijian(s) adjective: Fijian