Naitasiri District

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Naitasiri District is a district in Naitasiri Province, Central Division, Fiji. At the 2017 census it had a population of 160,002. [1]

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References

  1. Fiji Bureau of Statistics. "2017 Population and Housing Census Release 2.pdf".