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Tailevu is one of the 14 provinces of Fiji. Its capital town is Nausori, which lies along the banks of the Rewa River.
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Tailevu is one of the 14 provinces of Fiji. Its capital town is Nausori, which lies along the banks of the Rewa River.
One of the eight provinces based in Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island, Tailevu's 755 square kilometers occupy the south-eastern fringe of the island along with some central areas. [1] At the 2017 census, it had a population of 64,552, the fifth largest among the provinces. [2]
Tailevu includes the districts of Bau, Nakelo, Verata, Vugalei, Wainibuka, Dawasamu and Sawakasa. [3] Bau District includes Bau Island, the seat of the Kubuna Confederacy, one of three traditional chiefly hierarchies in Fiji. [4] Kubuna's Paramount Chief, called the Vunivalu of Bau , is generally considered the most senior such chief in Fiji. [4] It also includes the village of Maumi 21km north-east of Suva, who speak their own dialect, known as Nawakura. [5] [6] The population chose to move from a more remote area in 1977. [5]
The main urban area of Tailevu is Nausori with a population of 24,950. [7] The North of Tailevu is the backbone of the Dairy industry in Fiji which helped to establish Rewa Dairy. [8] Also located in the province is the Nausori International Airport, a major transportation hub for domestic and regional travel. [9]
RatuSeru Epenisa Cakobau was a Fijian chief, monarch, and warlord (Vunivalu) who united part of Fiji's warring tribes under his leadership, establishing a united Fijian kingdom. He was born on Natauloa, Nairai Island in Lomaiviti but spent his youth on Vanuaso, Gau, Lomaiviti, later returning to Bau to re-establish his Father's Ratu Tanoa Visawaqa reign. Ratu Epenisa Seru Visawaqa was given the name "Cakobau" meaning destroyer of Bau, in reference to his grandfathers' (Nailatikau) effort to first claim the tile from the people of Butoni and Lovoni, returned with most of his warriors from Vanuaso, Gau, Lomaiviti to coup the leadership in Bau then and later takeover his father's title; known after his father as the 6th "Vunivalu" or Warlord of Bau.
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RatuGeorge Kadavulevu Cakobau Jr., also known as Ratu Joji, was a Fijian chief and senator. He was the eldest son of the late Governor-General and 12th Vunivalu of Bau Ratu Sir George Cakobau, through his first wife Adi Veniana Gavoka, and was a great-great-grandson of King Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the warlord who established the first unified Kingdom of Fiji in 1871 and ceded it to the United Kingdom in 1874.
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