Cakaudrove Province

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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, Rabi, Kioa, and numerous other islands in the Vanua Levu Group. It has a total land area of 2,816 square kilometers, with a population of 50,469 at the most recent census in 2017, making it the seventh most populous province. [1] The only major town is Savusavu, with a population of 3,372 in 2007.

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Politics

Cakaudrove has proved to be one of Fiji's most influential provinces. Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, Fiji's last Governor-General and first President, held the chiefly title of Tui Cakau , with Cakaudrove as his traditional fiefdom. Former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is also from Cakaudrove. The present Tui Cakau, Ratu Naiqama Lalabalavu, is a Cabinet Minister and leader of the Conservative Alliance (CAMV), a nationalist political party with considerable support in Cakaudrove. The CAMV politicians Ratu Rakuita Vakalalabure and Manasa Tugia 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 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 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 (SVT) following its defeat in the 1999 election and the subsequent resignation of its leader, the defeated Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, from Parliament. The Kubuabola family is a branch of the Ai Sokula 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. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Fiji Bureau of Statistics (5 January 2018). "2017 Population and Housing Census - Release 1" (PDF). Census 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Folklife Center News, Volumes 10-12, p. 20.
  3. ↑ Bruce and Sheridan Fahnestock (1938), Stars to Windward. OCLC   1693275
  4. ↑ Serafina Silaitoga (December 24, 2017). "Mysterious writings at Dakuniba". Fiji Times.

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