Tavua
| Tavua | |||
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| Coordinates | 17 ° 27 ′ S , 177 ° 52 ′ E | ||
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| Country | Fiji | ||
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division |
Western film | ||
| province | Ba | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | FJ-W | ||
| Residents | 2388 (2007) | ||
Tavua is a town on Viti Levu in Fiji with 2388 inhabitants (as of 2007). It is about 91 km from Nadi and 9 km from the gold mining settlement of Vatukoula . The village covers an area of about 100 km² and received city status in 1992. One of the Senators to the Fiji Parliament, Chandra Singh , has been a representative of the city since 2001.
The city belongs to the province of Ba . The village has a football club, Tavua FC , which takes part in the National Football League .