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Suva Central Business District in the 1950s Suva, Fiji, c. 1920. In 1868, when Suva was still a small village, the Bauan chieftain, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, granted 5,000 km 2 (1,900 sq mi) of land to the Australian-based Polynesia Company, in exchange for the company's promise to pay off debts owed to the United States.
The capital of the division is Suva, which is also the capital of Fiji. The division includes the eastern part of the largest island in Fiji, Viti Levu, with a few outlying islands, including Beqa. It has a land border with the Western Division on Viti Levu, and sea borders with the Northern Division and Eastern Division.
Albert Park is located in Suva, the capital of Fiji. It was named after Prince Albert, the Consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain, to whom the country was ceded in 1874. [citation needed] Albert Park can hold two rugby matches at one time. There is also a hockey pitch located in the middle of the ground with a grandstand and a cafeteria ...
The first Government House was built in the early 1880s (after the capital moved in Suva) that consisted of two small wood-frame buildings. [2] [3] [4] From 1970 to 1987, Government House was the official residence of the governor-general, and became the presidential residence in 1987 after two military coups resulted in the proclamation of a ...
Angkor is a vernacular form of the word នគរ nokor which comes from the Sanskrit word नगर 'nagara' meaning capital or city. Cameroon: Yaoundé (1922–1940 and 1946–present): The name of Yaoundé is a corruption of the name of the Ewondo, originally ethnic groups residing here. Ewondo-speakers call Yaoundé "Ongola".
Suva, the capital city, receives more rainfall than Nadi or the other side of Viti Levu. El Niño and La Niña events have significant impacts on rainfall. [4] Tropical cyclones can impact Fiji and in some cases they can cause severe damage and many deaths.
The location of Fiji An enlargeable map of the Republic of the Fiji Islands. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Fiji: . Republic of Fiji – sovereign island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu. [1]
Currently for Fiji, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 4 divisions, 1 dependency, and 14 provinces. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is FJ, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Fiji. The second part is a letter for divisions and dependency, and 2 digits for provinces.