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Fiji

General Country Information
Capital: Suva
Population: 957,780 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Parliamentary Republic

Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 129,100 (2008
Telephone - mobile: 600,000 (2008)
Internet hosts: 12,747 (2009)
Internet users: 103,000 (2008) 

Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.39
World Rank 2005/2006: 99

*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI. 

National Disability Action Plan
Disability Action Plan (2002)
http://www.nhri.net/pdf/Fiji_Disability_action_plan.pdf

Disability Organizations and Contact Information: 

Fiji Association of the Deaf
P.O. Box 15178, Suva
Fiji
Tel: +679-3319-042     
Fax: +679-3301-161

Fiji Disabled Peoples' Association - DPI National Assembly
P.O. Box 15178 / 355 Waimanu Road
Suva
Fiji
Tel: +679-331-1203
Fax: +679-330-1161

Fiji Society for the Blind
P.O. Box 521, Suva
Fiji
Tel: +679-338-2-966
Fax: +679-338-7-950 

United Blind Persons of Fiji
P.O. Box 16015, Suva
Fiji