With an impressive archipelago comprising of more than 332 islands, Fiji still remains a remote and tranquill escape, all the while delivering a bountiful amount of new opportunites and untold adventure. 110 of Fiji's islands are permanently inhabited, with more than 500 much smaller islets acting as subtle oasis's.  In total the land area is approximately 18,300 square kilometres (7,100 sq mi) with the furthest island being that of Onu-i-Lau. 

Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, lay homage to 87 percent of Fiji's population of 875,000 and are known due to their size as the main islands; Viti Levu being the larger of the two. Suva, the capital, resides on the South East side of Viti Levu as one of Fiji's largest cities. Approximately three quarters of all Fijians live on the coastal outskirts of these islands, in either Suva or in smaller urban centres like that of Nadi or Lautoka.

 

The majority of Fiji's islands were formed through volcanic activity; some geothermal activity still occurs on the islands of Vanua Levu

 

and Taveuni to this day. Inhabited since the second millennium BC. Fiji was only discovered by European explorers in the 17th and

 

18th centuries, many of these being Dutch and British settlers. Fiji became a Crown Colony, an administration that stood for nearly a

 

century before Britain granted them Independence in 1970.