Cicia
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Cicia is a Fiji
an island of the Lau Group
. One of the Northern Lau Islands, Cicia is volcanic and is composed of raised coral
. Its area is 34 km².
Cicia is inhabited and has an airport, Cicia Airport
. The Australian magpie
(Gymnorhina tibicen) was introduced to Cicia in order to control coconut
pests and is now endemic to the island.
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
an island of the Lau Group
Lau Islands
The Lau Islands of Fiji are situated in the southern Pacific Ocean, just east of the Koro Sea. Of this chain of about one hundred islands and islets, about thirty are inhabited...
. One of the Northern Lau Islands, Cicia is volcanic and is composed of raised coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
. Its area is 34 km².
Cicia is inhabited and has an airport, Cicia Airport
Cicia Airport
Cicia Airport is an airport serving Cicia, one of the Lau Islands in Fiji. It is operated by Airports Fiji Limited.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway which measures in length....
. The Australian magpie
Australian Magpie
The Australian Magpie is a medium-sized black and white passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. A member of the Artamidae, it is closely related to the butcherbirds...
(Gymnorhina tibicen) was introduced to Cicia in order to control coconut
Coconut
The coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, is a member of the family Arecaceae . It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which is not a botanical nut. The spelling cocoanut is an old-fashioned form of the word...
pests and is now endemic to the island.