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Vanua Levu वानुआ लेवु
Map of Vanua Levu
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates16°35′S 179°11′E / 16.583°S 179.183°E / -16.583; 179.183
ArchipelagoVanua Levu Group
Area5,587.1 km2 (2,157.2 sq mi)
Length180 km (112 mi)
Width50 km (31 mi)
Highest elevation1,032 m (3386 ft)
Highest pointMount Nasorolevu
Administration
Fiji
DivisionNorthern Division
Largest settlementLabasa (pop. 27,949)
Demographics
Population160,000 (2022)
Pop. density23.27/km2 (60.27/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsMainly Native Fijians and Fiji Indians

Vanua Levu (pronounced [βaˈnua ˈleβu]-'Big Land'), formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji. Located 64 kilometres (40 miles) to the north of the larger Viti Levu, the island has an area of 5,587.1 square kilometres (2,157.2 sq mi) and a population of 135,961 as of 2007.

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Fijian language

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Vanua Levu Group

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The Vanua Levu Group is an archipelago in northern Fiji. It takes its name from its predominant island, Vanua Levu. Among the other island in the group...

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610 live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts, either in the capital city of Suva...

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smallest is the Conway Reef Islands and Skerries, and the largest is the Vanua Levu Group. Geography of Fiji 2013-2014. Fiji Islands Visitor Guide. A copyright...

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Fiji and Wallis and Futuna. It covers the windward sides of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, Fiji's largest islands, as well as the smaller Fijian islands and...

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Diocese of Polynesia

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in Vanua Levu and Taveuni (until 2017), in Viti Levu West (2014–2017), and an Assistant Bishop (2017–18); and Gabriel Sharma, Bishop in Viti Levu West...

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Togolevu River Vaturova River Vunivia River Vuniyaro River Wailevu River (Vanua Levu) Wainikoro River Nadogo River Nalagi River Wainunu River Dawacumu River...

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Geography of Fiji

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airport), and contains some 69% of the population. Vanua Levu, 64 km (40 mi) to the northeast of Viti Levu, covers just over 30% of the land area though is...

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Taveuni

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(pronounced [tāhvéuni]) is the third-largest island in Fiji, after Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, with a total land area of 434 square kilometres (168 square miles)...

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Savusavu Airport

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Cakaudrove on the island of Vanua Levu in Fiji. It is operated by Airports Fiji Limited. Airport information for Savusavu, Vanua Levu, Fiji (NFNS / SVU) at...

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Viti Levu

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Viti Levu is believed to have been inhabited longer than the island of Vanua Levu, which lies to its north. According to oral tradition, the first Melanesian...

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Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, account for 87% of the population of almost 850,000. Fiji's capital and largest city is Suva, located on Viti Levu. Its major...

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Cocos Island Galapagos Islands Puná Island Principal islands: Viti Levu Vanua Levu Significant outliers: Conway Reef Kadavu Island Taveuni Rotuma Island...

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Savusavu

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Fijian Province of Cakaudrove. The town is located on the south coast of Vanua Levu Island and had a population of 3,372 in the 2007 census. Savusavu is known...

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Lau Islands

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Malaka village and a port is also located on Vanua Balavu, at Lomaloma. There are guest houses on Vanua Balavu and on Lakeba, the other principal island...

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Rainbow Reef

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reef in the Somosomo Strait between the Fijian islands of Taveuni and Vanua Levu. It is one of the most famous dive sites in the South Pacific. The Great...

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Kiribati

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2,200-hectare Natoavatu Estate on the second largest island of Fiji, Vanua Levu. At the time it was widely reported that the government planned to evacuate...

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National Farmers Union of Fiji

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initially based in Vanua Levu but gradually extended its operations to Viti Levu. Although the union was initially only based in Vanua Levu, it had an immediate...

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Vanua

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of vanua in the sense of "land"; the various meanings of vanua are, here too, interrelated. The word vanua is found in the place names Vanua Levu and...

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2020 Vodafone Senior League

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Viti Levu Zone Nadroga Tavua Northland Tailevu Rakiraki Tailevu Naitasiri Vanua Levu Zone Bua Dreketi Nadogo Seaqaqa Savusavu Taveuni Viti Levu Zone Updated...

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Monuriki

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Monuriki is a small, uninhabited island situated off the coast of Viti Levu in the Fiji Islands, in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean. Monuriki is part...

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Cakaudrove Province

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of Fiji, and one of three based principally on the northern island of Vanua Levu, occupying the south-eastern third of the island and including the nearby...

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Bua Province

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fourteen provinces of Fiji. Located in the west of the northern island of Vanua Levu, it is one of three northern provinces, and has a land area of 1,379 square...

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Wiliame Katonivere

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College in 1981. Katonivere hails from the village of Naduri, Macuata in Vanua Levu. He is married to Filomena Katonivere and they have two children and three...

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Fiji goshawk

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is endemic to Fiji, where it occurs on the larger islands of Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Kadavu, Gau and Ovalau. It occupies a range of wooded habitats...

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Lordomyrma vanua

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Lordomyrma vanua (named after its type locality Vanua Levu) is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Lordomyrma vanua, with its heavily rugose...

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Fiji tropical dry forests

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Fiji's two largest islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. The dry forests are in the rain shadow of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu's central mountains, which intercept...

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