What is "rotuma"

Rotuma is a Fijian dependency, consisting of Rotuma Island and nearby islets. The island group is home to a small but unique indigenous ethnic group which constitutes a recognisable minority within the population of Fiji, known as " Rotumans". Its population at the 2007 census was 2,002, although many more Rotumans live on mainland Fijian islands, totaling 10,000.

Rotuma Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, the sole communal constituency reserved for citizens of Rotuman descent. Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006. Its boundaries encompassed the entire nation; Rotuman-descendants anywhere in Fiji were eligible to vote for, and be a candidate for, this constituency. (Of the remaining 70 seats, 45 were reserved for other ethnic communities and 25, called Open Constituencies, were elected by universal suffrage).

The 2013 Constitution promulgated by the Military-backed interim government abolished all constituencies and established a form of proportional representation, with the entire country voting as a single electorate.

Rotuma may refer to:

• Rotuma Group - a group of volcanic islands that constitute a dependency of Fiji
  • Rotuma Island - the main island in that group
  • Rotuma (Rotuman Communal Constituency, Fiji) - an electoral division of Fiji, the sole communal constituency reserved for citizens of Rotuman descent
• Rotuma (genus) - a monotypic fish genus in the Xenisthmidae family
• Rotuma myzomela - a species of honeyeater endemic to Rotuma