Viseisei () is a
village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...
at
Vuda Point on the west coast of
Viti Levu island, in
Ba Province 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 ...
.
History
According to tradition, it is the oldest settlement in Fiji, established by
Lutunasobasoba when the first
Melanesia
Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from New Guinea in the west to the Fiji Islands in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea.
The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Vanu ...
n canoes beached at Vuda Point.
Fiji's former
President,
Ratu Josefa Iloilo, who held the
chiefly title of ''
Tui Vuda,'' hailed from Viseisei. Ratu Iloilo died on 6 February 2011 at the age of 90.
References
Ba Province
Populated places in Fiji
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