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Suva

Caipital Ceety o Fiji
Suva within Fiji
Suva within Fiji
KintraFijiFiji
IslandViti Levu
DiveesionCentral Diveesion
Area
 • City2048 km2 (790.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2009)
 • City88,271
 • Urban
175,399
Time zoneUTC+12 (1200 GMT)

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 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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See an aw

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  1. "About Beihai - Sister cities". Beihai Government. Archived frae the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.

Freemit airtins

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Coordinates: 18°08′30″S 178°26′31″E / 18.1416°S 178.4419°E / -18.1416; 178.4419