Rotuma

E201780
dependency island

Rotuma is a remote volcanic island and dependency of Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean, known for its distinct Polynesian culture and language.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rotuma canonical 5
Rotuma Island 2
Tikopia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dependency ⓘ
island ⓘ
administrativeDivision Rotuma Island Council ⓘ
administrativeStatus dependency of Fiji ⓘ
areaSquareKilometres about 47 ⓘ
areaSquareMiles about 18 ⓘ
capital Ahau ⓘ
cededTo United Kingdom ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
country Fiji ⓘ
culture Polynesian culture ⓘ
dateOfCession 13 May 1881 ⓘ
distanceFromFijiMainlandKilometres about 465 ⓘ
distanceFromFijiMainlandMiles about 289 ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Polynesians ⓘ
surface form: Polynesian
formerColonyOf United Kingdom ⓘ
hasAirport Rotuma Airport ⓘ
hasCouncil Rotuma Island Council ⓘ
surface form: Council of Rotuma
hasEthnicGroup Rotuman people ⓘ
hasLanguage Rotuman language ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Fijian languages ⓘ
surface form: Fijian

Hindi ⓘ
hasOutlyingIslets Hạfhai ⓘ
Hạfliua ⓘ
Hạua ⓘ
Solkope ⓘ
Uea ⓘ
hasRegionalLanguage Rotuman language ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
hasTraditionalChiefs Gagaj ‘es Itu’u ⓘ
integratedIntoFiji 1881 ⓘ
islandType volcanic island ⓘ
ISO3166-2 FJ-R ⓘ
largestSettlement Ahau ⓘ
locatedIn Oceania ⓘ
South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedNorthOf main islands of Fiji ⓘ
majorChristianDenomination Methodist ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic
partOf Fiji ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Fiji
population around 2000 ⓘ
populationYear 2017 ⓘ
religionIntroducedBy Christian missionaries ⓘ
sovereignState Fiji ⓘ
sovereigntyRecognizedSince 1881 ⓘ
timeZone UTC+12 ⓘ
UNM49Code 24209 ⓘ
volcanicOrigin true ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Pacific languages → hasGeographicDistribution → Rotuma ⓘ
Central Pacific languages → spokenIn → Rotuma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rotuma Island
Polynesian outliers → hasExample → Rotuma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tikopia
Rotuman language → spokenIn → Rotuma ⓘ
Rotuman language → region → Rotuma ⓘ
Central Pacific → spokenIn → Rotuma ⓘ
Eastern Division, Fiji → contains → Rotuma ⓘ
Eastern Division, Fiji → includesIslandGroup → Rotuma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rotuma Island