Suva
Suva is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Fiji. It is locatit on the sootheast coast o the island o Viti Levu, in the Central Diveesion, Rewa Province. In 1877, it wis decidit tae mak Suva the caipital o Fiji when the geography o umwhile main European dounset at Levuka on the island o Ovalau pruivit too restrictive. The admeenistration o the colony wis muivit frae Levuka tae Suva in 1882.
Suva Caipital Ceety o Fiji | |
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Suva within Fiji | |
Kintra | Fiji |
Island | Viti Levu |
Diveesion | Central Diveesion |
Area | |
• City | 2048 km2 (790.5 sq mi) |
Population (2009) | |
• City | 88,271 |
• Urban | 175,399 |
Time zone | UTC+12 (1200 GMT) |
Suva is Fiji's poleetical an admeenistrative caipital. It is the lairgest an the maist sophisticatit ceety in the Sooth Paceefic (excludin New Zealand) an haes become an important regional centre; students frae the Paceefic region an a growin expatriate commonty mak up a significant portion o the ceety's population.
Sister ceeties
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eedit- ↑ "About Beihai - Sister cities". Beihai Government. Archived frae the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.
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Coordinates: 18°08′30″S 178°26′31″E / 18.1416°S 178.4419°E