Oceania Travel Fact File

Facts on Countries in the Oceania

Travel - AUSTRALIA

Location: Australasia and Oceania - Official Name:

Commonwealth of Australia - Formation: 1901 - Capital:

Canberra - Population: 19.3 Million - Total Area:

2,967.893 Sq Miles - Languages: English, Vietnamese,

Greek, Arabic, Italian, Aboriginal Languages - Religions:

Christian 64%, Other 34% - Ethnic Mix: European 95%,

Asian 4%, Aboriginal & Other 1% - Government:

Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: Australian Dollar

(100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

Travel - FIJI

Location: Australasia and Oceania - Official Name:

Republic of the Fiji Islands - Formation: 1970 - Capital:

Suva - Population: 823,000 - Total Area: 7,054 Sq Miles -

Languages: Fijian, English, Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Telegu -

Religions: Hindu 38%, Methodist 37%, Roman Catholic

9%, Muslim 8%, Other 8% - Ethnic Mix: Melanesian 48%,

Indian 46%, Other 6% - Government: Multi Party Republic -

Currency: Fiji Dollar (100 cents) - Literacy Rate: 92.9% -

Travel - KIRIBATI

Location: Australasia and Oceania - Official Name: Republic

of Kiribati - Formation: 1979 - Capital: Bairiki (Tarawa Atoll) -

Population: 92,000 - Total Area: 277 Sq Miles - Languages:

English, Micronesian Dialect - Religions: Roman Catholic 53%,

Kiribati Protestant Church 39%, Other 8% - Ethnic Mix:

Micronesian 96%, Other 4% - Government: Non Party

Democracy - Currency: Australian Dollar (100 Cents) - Literacy

Rate: 98% -

Travel - MARSHALL ISLANDS

Location: Australasia and Oceania - Official Name: Republic

of the Marshall Islands - Formation: 1986 - Capital: Majuro -

Population: 68,100 - Total Area: 70 Sq Miles - Languages:

Marshallese, English, Japanese, German - Religions:

Protestant 90%, Roman Catholic 8%, Other 2% - Ethnic Mix:

Micronesian 97%, Other 3% - Government: Parliamentary

Democracy - Currency: US Dollar (100 Cents) - Literacy

Rate: 91% -

Travel - MICRONESIA

Location: Australasia and Oceania - Official Name:

Federated States of Micronesia - Formation: 1986 - Capital:

Palikir (Pohnpei Island) - Population: 133,000 - Total Area:

271 Sq Miles - Languages: English, Trukese, Pohnpeian,

Mortlockese, Losrean - Religions: Roman Catholic 50%,

Protestant 48%, Other 2% - Ethnic Mix: Micronesian 100% -

Government: Non Party Democracy - Currency: US Dollar

(100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 89% -

Travel - NAURU

Location: Australasia and Oceania - Official Name: Republic

of Nauru - Formation: 1968 - Capital: No Official Capital -

Population: 11,800 - Total Area: 8 Sq Miles - Languages:

Nauruan, English, Kiribati, Chinese, Tuvaluan - Religions:

Nauruan Congregational Church 60%, Roman Catholic 35%,

Other 5% - Ethnic Mix: Nauruan 62%, Other Pacific Islanders

25%, Chinese 8%, European 5% - Government: Non Party

Democracy - Currency: Australian Dollar (100 cents) - Literacy

Rate: 99% -

Travel - NEW ZEALAND

Location: Australasia and Oceania - Official Name: Dominion

of New Zealand - Formation: 1947 - Capital: Wellington -

Population: 4 Million - Total Area: 103,737 Sq Miles - Languages:

English, Maori - Religions: Methodist 24%, Presbyterian 18%,

Roman Catholic 15%, Other/Non religious 43% - Ethnic Mix:

European 77%, Maori 12%, Pacific Islanders 5%, Other 6% -

Government: Parliamentary Democracy - Currency: New

Zealand Dollar (100 Cents) - Literacy Rate: 99% -

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