Suva
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| Coordinates | 18 ° 8 ′ S , 178 ° 26 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Fiji | ||
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Central | ||
| province | Rewa | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | FJ-C | ||
| surface | 2048 km² | ||
| Residents | 94,088 (2017) | ||
| density | 45.9 Ew. / km² | ||
| Website | www.suvacity.org (English) | ||
Suva (also Suwa) is the capital of Fiji . It is located on the southeast coast of the main island Viti Levu in the province of Rewa of the administrative region Central Division , of which it is also the capital. In the 2017 census, the city had just under 94,100 inhabitants.
history
Suva was named the capital in 1877 after the previous capital Levuka on Ovalau had proven to be too narrow. It was not until 1910 that Suva received city rights through the Municipal Constitution Ordinance of 1909 . Between 1996 and 2007, Nasinu , now Fiji's second largest city, was spun off from the city of Suva.
politics
The highest body is the Suva City Council , consisting of 20 city councils. Today's Mayor (Lord Mayor) is the 2008 re-elected Ratu Peni Volavola of the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) party, also known as the United Fiji Party . Gabriel Jacob Marks (1870–1914), the first elected mayor of Suva, was killed with his wife in the sinking of the Canadian ocean liner Empress of Ireland .
Facilities
The Fiji School of Medicine has been a leading health education facility in the Pacific since it was founded in 1885 as Suva Medical School as a training center for vaccinators.
Today the school offers a number of courses, including in the dental, pharmacological, physiotherapeutic, radiological, nutritional, environmental hygiene and medical-technical areas.
The University of the South Pacific , founded in 1968 , a public university supported by twelve countries in Oceania , maintains one of its three campuses , the Laucala Campus, in Suva.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Suva , which was raised to an archbishopric in 1966 , was established in 1863 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Fiji . Bishop's Church is the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Suva, built in 1902.
Attractions
- Grand Pacific Hotel
- Clock tower
- Thurston Gardens
- Fiji Museum
- Suva City Carnegie Library
- Sacred Heart Cathedral (Herz-Jesu-Cathedral)
Town twinning
Suva has entered into partnerships with the following cities and local authorities:
- Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, since 1993
- Beihai in the People's Republic of China, since 1998
- Seoul in Korea, since 2000
- Brighton in Tasmania, Australia, since 2009
- Guangdong , Province in the People's Republic of China, since 2010
Born in Suva
- Ciwa Griffiths (1911–2003), American speech therapist
- Don Dunstan (1926–1999), Australian politician (Australian Labor Party)
- Satya Nandan (1936–2020), lawyer and diplomat
- Craig Parker (born 1970), New Zealand actor
- Isireli Naikelekelevesi (* 1976), Fijian athlete
- Lote Tuqiri (* 1979), Australian rugby union player
- Sitiveni Sivivatu (* 1982), New Zealand rugby union player
- Roy Ravana Junior (1993-2014), Fijian athlete
- Matelita Buadromo (* 1996), Fijian swimmer
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Suva
Source: WMO
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Web links
- City website , English