Ra (province)

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Ra is one of the fourteen Fijian provinces (yasana) and one of eight provinces on the island of Viti Levu . It is located in the north of the island, covers 1341 km² and in 2017 had 30,432 inhabitants.

geography

Map of the provinces of Fiji

The province belongs to the Central Division and borders in the east on Tailevu and in the south on Naitasiri , as well as on the province Ba of the Western Division . The urban center of the province is Vaileka , with a population of over 3,300 inhabitants, and Viti Levu Bay in the north forms a deep cut into the island .

An uninhabited island off the coast of Ra province.

19 districts (tikina makawa) subdivide the province:

The districts Saivou , Nakorotubu , Rakiraki and Nalawa have their own chiefs. The four chiefs are Gone Turaga na Vunivalu na Tui Nalawa , Gone Marama na Ratu ni Natauiya , Turaga na Gonesau and Gone Turaga Tui Navitilevu .

There are a total of 86 villages in these 19 districts. The islands of Malake , Nananu-i-Ra , Yanuca and Mabua are located off the northern tip of the island .

Coastal towns in the province of Ra.

administration

Ra is administered by the Ra Provincial Council , currently under the direction of Simione Naikarua , former head of Airport Fiji Limited and Chief Executive Officer of Nasinu Town Council .

In 2015 there was an attempt to found a "Christian state" (Christian free state) in Ra. The then Chief of Police, Ben Groenewald , viewed it as a harmless sect, but Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was concerned and ordered the army to disband it.

The cult claimed that Fiji's Constitution violated the UN's indigenous rights . But in order to receive aid from the UN, an independent state had to submit an application. That is why the Christian State was founded. Most of the protagonists were imprisoned.

Isolated rural community in the province of Ra.

The dialect Ra of the Fiji language can be recognized by the consonant / t /, which is otherwise spoken in Fiji as a voiceless glottal plosive .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fiji Bureau of Statistics: 2017 Population and Housing Census - Release 1 . In: Census 2017 . January 5, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Unicef
  3. ↑ Ra at geonames.org.
  4. ^ The Economist , Jan 23, 2016: 53.

Coordinates: 17 ° 30 ′  S , 178 ° 10 ′  E