Levuka (Fijian pronunciation:[leβuka]) is a town on the eastern coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of Fiji. Prior to 1877, it was the capital of Fiji. At the census in 2007, the last to date, Levuka town had a population of 1,131 (plus 3,266 living in the peri-urban area as defined by the Bureau of Statistics), about half of Ovalau's 8,360 inhabitants. It is the economic hub and the largest of 24 settlements on the island. Having been nominated decades prior, Levuka was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2013, in recognition of the port town's exceptional testimony to the late colonial port towns in the Pacific.[1]
^"Levuka Historical Port Town – UNESCO World Heritage Centre". United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. 22 June 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
Levuka (Fijian pronunciation: [leβuka]) is a town on the eastern coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of...
Levuka Airfield (IATA: LEV, ICAO: NFNB) is an airport on the island of Ovalau, one of the Lomaiviti Islands in Fiji. Also well known as Bureta Airport...
Levuka is a Central Malayo-Polynesian language of the island of Lembata, east of Flores in Indonesia. Levuka at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription...
accepted by the locals and were allowed to stay as residents. By the 1820s, Levuka was established as the first European-style town in Fiji, on the island...
Central Division. In 1877, the capital of Fiji was moved to Suva from Levuka, the main European colonial settlement at the time, due to its restrictive...
incorporated as municipal bodies, governed by Town Councils. Ba Labasa Lami Levuka Nadi Nasinu Nausori Rakiraki Savusavu Sigatoka Tavua The following localities...
Levuka Historical Port Town The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance...
Flores–Lembata Alorese Kedang Lamaholot Adonara Ile Ape Lamalera Lamatuka Levuka Lewo Eleng Lewotobi South Lembata West Lembata Sika Halmahera- Cenderawasih...
1871, before ceding it to the United Kingdom in 1874. In the early 1820s, Levuka was established as the first modern town in Fiji, on the island of Ovalau...
half of the population of Lomaiviti Province over the 1956–2007 period. Levuka, Fiji's former capital, is the largest of 24 towns and villages on the island...
since the arrival of Europeans in Fiji and establishment of towns like Levuka where significant numbers of sports enthusiasts could congregate and socialise...
'Further Reading' section on pp. 1245–72). Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Levuka Historical Port Town". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-23...
Flores–Lembata Alorese Kedang Lamaholot Adonara Ile Ape Lamalera Lamatuka Levuka Lewo Eleng Lewotobi South Lembata West Lembata Sika Halmahera- Cenderawasih...
Date Event 1822 European settlement begins at Levuka, Fiji's first modern town. 1830 The first Christian missionaries from Tahiti, Hatai, Arue and Tahaara...
a botched raid. By the 1820s, the traders returned for beche-de-mer and Levuka was established as the first European-style town in Fiji, on the island...
Flores–Lembata Alorese Kedang Lamaholot Adonara Ile Ape Lamalera Lamatuka Levuka Lewo Eleng Lewotobi South Lembata West Lembata Sika Halmahera- Cenderawasih...
since the arrival of Europeans in Fiji and establishment of towns like Levuka where significant numbers of sports enthusiasts could congregate and socialise...
began a regular trade between Levuka and Suva. Joyita again ran aground on a reef in November 1959 at Vatuvalu near Levuka. She floated off the reef assisted...
popular tourist destinations, the Lomaiviti Group (just off Suva) with Levuka, the former capital and the only major town on any of the smaller islands...
Abrahams of Levuka and Lomaloma. When he settled in Levuka, the former Capital of Fiji, he married Sara Annette Solomon on 25 July 1877 in Levuka, Fiji. She...
however, were not subject to its laws). In 1882, the capital was moved from Levuka to the more accessible Suva. Adopting a "Fiji for the Fijians" policy, Gordon...
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