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The Sigatoka River is in the island of
The Sigatoka River is in the island 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 ...
in 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 ...
and has its source on the west side of Mount Victoria and flows for 120 kilometers to the coast between the central and western ranges. It is the chief means of transportation with some parts of the interior of the island.
The Sigatoka Sand Dunes are at the mouth of the river, and the Nadarivatu Dam was completed in 2012 in its headwaters.
History
Sigatoka River was historically the only means of transport from the Fijian coast to the island's lush interior. The river provided locals for fisheries, as well as water for agriculture and drinking. During the Colo Wars, the valley around the Sigatoka River became a bastion for hill tribes who resistedBritish rule
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,
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From 1912 to 1923, banana plantations in the Sigatoka River Valley suffered severe episodes of a fungal infection called '' Mycosphaerella musicola'', also known as the Yellow Sigatoka disease.
Since 2006, the Sigatoka River is still used for jet-boat excursions in one of the world's first village safaris.
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