Editing Rotuma (section)

{{Short description|Dependency of Fiji }}
{{about|the Fijian dependency}}
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Rotuma
| native_name              = {{nativename|hi|रोतुमा }}
| image_flag             = 
| common_name            = Rotuma
| image_coat             = 
| symbol_type            = 
| national_motto         = 
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| image_map              = LocationRotuma.png
| map_caption            = Location of Rotuma in [[Polynesia]]
| image_map2             = Rotuma in Fiji.svg
| map_caption2           = The island of Rotuma, located to the far north, in relation to mainland Fiji
| image_map3             = Fiji map.png
| admin_center           = [[Itu{{okina}}ti{{okina}}u|Ahau]]
| coordinates            = {{Coord|12|29.9|S|177|2.82|E|type:city}}
| official_languages     = {{unbulleted list |[[Rotuman language|Rotuman]] |[[English language|English]]|[[Fijian language|Fijian]]|[[Fiji Hindi]]}}
| ethnic_groups          = [[Rotumans|Rotuman]]<br />&nbsp;'''∟'''Fagutan
| ethnic_groups_year     = 
| demonym                = Rotuman<br />&nbsp;'''∟'''Fagutan
| status        = [[Local government in Fiji|Dependency of Fiji]]
| leader_title1          = ''Gagaj Pure''<br />{{small|(District Officer)}}
| leader_name1           = Niumaia Masere
| leader_title2          = ''Gagaj Jeaman''<br />{{small|([[Council of Rotuma|Council]] Chairman)}}
| leader_name2           = Tarterani Rigamoto
| sovereignty_type       = Establishment
| established_event1     = Faguta's special status agreed to by [[Gagaj|Rotuma's chiefs]] in the Treaty of Hamelin
| established_date1      = 11 September 1871
| established_event2     = Rotuma ceded to the [[United Kingdom]]
| established_date2      = 13 May 1881
| established_event3     = Independence from the United Kingdom granted as part of [[Fiji]]
| established_date3      = 10 October 1970
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| area_km2               = 47
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| population_census      = 1,594
| population_census_year = 2017
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| currency               = Fiji dollar
| currency_code          = FJD
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| utc_offset             = +12
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| calling_code           = [[+679]]
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'''Rotuma''' ({{IPAc-en|r|oʊ|'|t|uː|m|ə}}) is a self-governing heptarchy{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}, generally designated a [[Local government in Fiji|dependency]] of [[Fiji]]. Rotuma commonly refers to the Rotuma Island, the only permanently inhabited and by far the largest of all the islands in the [[Rotuma Group]]. Officially, the Rotuma Act declares that Rotuma consists of Rotuma Island as well as its neighbouring islands, rocks, and reefs across the entire Rotuma Group. The dependency is situated around 500&nbsp;km west of the French islands of [[Wallis and Futuna]] and a similar distance north of the Fijian mainland. Its capital is Ahau, a hamlet consisting of a number of [[Colony of Fiji|colonial-era]] buildings. Rotuma exists as a dependency of Fiji but itself contains its own socioreligious [[enclave|pene-enclave]]{{efn|An analogous situation is that of [[Danelaw]], a part of the [[Great Britain|island of Britain]] with a social system which set it apart from other contemporaneous [[petty kingdom|kingdoms]] on the island.}} known traditionally as ''Faguta'' where the chiefs (of [[Juju (district)|Juju]] and [[Pepjei]]) and their villages adhere to the practices of worship, [[Fara (Rotuman festivity)|festival]] dates, and [[French language|French-based]] writing system of the [[Society of Mary (Marists)|Marists]], based at Sumi.

The island group is home to a large and unique Polynesian indigenous [[ethnic group]] which constitutes a recognisable minority within the population of Fiji, known as "[[Rotumans]]". Its population at the 2017 [[census]] was 1,594,<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/images/documents/Census_2017_Release/2017_Population_and_Housing_Census_Release_1.pdf | title = 2017 Population and Housing Census - Release 1 | date = 2018-01-05 | publisher = Fiji Bureau of Statistics | access-date = 2019-08-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190826131154/https://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/images/documents/Census_2017_Release/2017_Population_and_Housing_Census_Release_1.pdf | archive-date = 2019-08-26 }}</ref> although many more Rotumans live on mainland Fijian islands, totaling 10,000.