Serua is one of
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
's fourteen
provinces
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. Its 830 square kilometers occupy the southernmost areas of
Viti Levu
Viti Levu (pronounced ; ) is the largest island in Fiji. It is the site of the country's capital and largest city, Suva, and home to a large majority of Fiji's population.
Geology
Fiji lies in a plate tectonics, tectonically complex area betwe ...
, being one of 8 provinces based on Fiji's largest island. It had a population of 15,461 at the 2007
census
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.
According to a report by David Wilkinson an interpreter and advisor to Sir
Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, 1st,
Governor of Fiji, the region was one of the least stable regions of Fiji before cession in 1874. It led to the secession of the western part of the province into the neighbouring province of
Nadroga-Navosa in 1916.
Serua is part of the
Burebasaga confederacy. The traditional head of the province is titled the Vunivalu of Korolevu and is based on the tiny island of Serua (to which the province is named after) just off the coast of the province.
The province is governed by a Provincial Council, chaired by Taito Nakalevu based in the nearest township of Navua.
Places of interest in the province include the Pacific Novitiate at Lomeri Pacific Harbour and Deuba beach.
Administrative Divisions
The province is divided into four ''Tikinas'':
Notable People
*
Joe Cokanasiga, English national rugby union player
*
Joketani Cokanasiga, politician
*
Vilimaina Davu, Fijian and New Zealand netball player
*
Kele Leawere, Fijian rugby union player
*
Waisea Nayacalevu, Fijian rugby union player
* Taito Tabaleka, former executive of Telecom Fiji Limited
*
Pio Tabaiwalu, former Fijian diplomat and politician
* Matila Waqanidrola, netball player
References
Sources
Population Censuses and Surveys
Serua
Serua
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