Cakaudrove is one of fourteen provinces of Fiji, and one of three based principally on the northern island of Vanua Levu, occupying the south-eastern third of the island and including the nearby islands of Taveuni,

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, Kioa, and numerous other islands in the

Vanua Levu Group The Vanua Levu Group is an archipelago in northern Fiji. It takes its name from its predominant island, Vanua Levu. Among the other island in the group, the most important is Taveuni. Other islands in the group include Laucala, Matagi, Namena ...

. It has a total land area of 2,816 square kilometers, with a population of 50,469 at the most recent

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in 2017, making it the seventh most populous province. The only major town is Savusavu, with a population of 3,372 in 2007.

Politics

Cakaudrove has proved to be one of Fiji's most influential provinces.

Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau Ratu Sir Penaia Kanatabatu Ganilau (28 July 1918 – 15 December 1993) was the first President of Fiji, serving from 8 December 1987 until his death in 1993. He had previously served as Governor-General of Fiji, representing Elizabeth II, Que ...

, Fiji's last

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and first

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, held the chiefly title of '' Tui Cakau'', with Cakaudrove as his traditional fiefdom. Former

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Sitiveni Rabuka is also from Cakaudrove. The present ''Tui Cakau,'' Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, is a

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and leader of the Conservative Alliance (CAMV), a

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with considerable support in Cakaudrove. The CAMV politicians Ratu Rakuita Vakalalabure and

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also hail from Cakaudrove. Ratu Epeli Ganilau, a son of Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau leads another significant political party, the National Alliance Party.

Ratu Jone Yavala Kubuabola Ratu Jone Yavala Kubuabola (11 September 1946 – 16 September 2018) was a Fijian politician. He was the country's Minister for Finance from 2000 until the government was deposed in the military coup of 5 December 2006. He also represented the ...

is Fiji's Minister for Finance, a position he has held since 2000. He also represents the South West Urban Fijian Communal constituencies in the House of Representatives, to which he was elected as a candidate of the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) in 2001. He was also a former Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji.

Ratu Inoke Kubuabola ''Ratu'' Inoke Kubuabola (born 1948) is a Fijian politician and Cabinet Minister. He is the former leader of the opposition and Minister for Foreign Affairs. Kubuabola worked as an assistant manager for the New Zealand Insurance Company in Au ...

is a Fijian politician who served as Leader of the Opposition in 1999 and 2000. He became leader of the

Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei The Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei (SVT), occasionally known in English as Fijian Political Party, was a party which dominated the politics of Fiji in the 1990s and was the mainstay of coalition governments from 1992 to 1999. Origins The pa ...

(SVT) following its defeat in the 1999 election and the subsequent resignation of its leader, the defeated

Sitiveni Rabuka, from Parliament. The Kubuabola family is a branch of the

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clan, to which the present Tui Cakau and former Cabinet Minister Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu also belongs. Cakaudrove is administered by the Cakaudrove Provincial Council.

Archaeological sites

The village of Dakuniba is noted for the Ndakunimba Stones, the remains of a giant monolith carved with petroglyphs.

References

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