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  2. Viti Levu - Wikipedia

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    Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji — home to 70% of the population (about 600,000 people) — and is the hub of the entire Fijian archipelago. It measures 146 kilometres (91 mi) long and 106 kilometres (66 mi) wide, and has an area of 10,389 square kilometres (4,011 sq mi).

  3. Thomas Baker (missionary) - Wikipedia

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    The story of Baker's death is the basis for Jack London's short story "The Whale Tooth". [7] [8]In 1983, the American malacologist Alan Solem named the genus Vatusila "after the Fijian tribe (located at the headwaters of the Sigatoka River) that killed and ate Rev. Thomas Baker, a Wesleyan missionary, on July 21, 1867."

  4. History of Fiji - Wikipedia

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    Cakobau was given a $4 tinsel crown to go with his self-assumed title of Tui Viti. [26] Flag of the Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of Fiji, 1865–1867. With the demand for land high, the white planters started to push into the hilly interior of Viti Levu, the largest island in the archipelago. This put them into direct confrontation with ...

  5. Nadroga-Navosa Province - Wikipedia

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    However, it is an area of rushing rivers, deep ravines and rugged mountains. The province of Nadroga-Navosa encompasses contrasting landscapes: the rugged and mountainous northern edges towards Viti Levu's interior, sand dunes and floodplains, to rolling hills of its hinterland, roamed by the province's symbol — the wild horse.

  6. First Fiji expedition - Wikipedia

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    The first Fiji expedition by the United States was in October 1855 during the civil war on the islands. In response to the alleged arson attacks on the American commercial agent in Lautoka, Viti Levu, the navy sent a warship to demand compensation for the attack from Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the Vunivalu of Bau and self-proclaimed Tui Viti (King of Fiji).

  7. Viti Levu East Maritime (Indian Communal Constituency, Fiji)

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    Viti Levu East Maritime Indian Communal is a former electoral division of Fiji, one of 19 communal constituencies reserved for Indo-Fijians.Established by the 1997 Constitution, it came into being in 1999 and was used for the parliamentary elections of 1999, 2001, and 2006.

  8. Viti Levu Group - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... The Viti Levu Group is an archipelago in Fiji consisting Viti Levu island and ...

  9. Category:Viti Levu - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... Viti Levu island and the Viti Levu Group archipelago of Fiji Subcategories ...

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