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Lau Province

Province of Fiji

Field	Value
name	Lau Province
settlement_type	Province
image_map	LauIslandsMap.JPG
map_caption	The Lau Islands
pushpin_map
pushpin_label_position
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Fiji
subdivision_type1	Division
subdivision_name1	Eastern Division
seat_type	Capital
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	487
population_total	9,602
population_as_of	2017
population_footnotes
population_density_km2	auto

Lau Province is one of fourteen provinces of Fiji. Its capital is at Tubou, at the southern end of the island of Lakeba. The province forms part of the country's Eastern Division (which also includes the provinces of Kadavu and Lomaiviti), and of the Tovata Confederacy, a traditional hierarchy of chiefs from northern and eastern Fiji.

Geographically it consists of the Lau Archipelago. The Lau group comprises 57 islands, 19 of which are inhabited, and has a total land area of around 490 km2. At the most recent census in 2017, it had a population of 9,602, down from 10,683 in 2007 and 14,500 in 1976, making it the third-least populous province. As of 2007, about 57,500 people born in Lau Province lived elsewhere in Fiji.

In 2021 Lau Province banned spearfishing at night in order to protect the marine ecosystem and biodiversity. Previously, communities from more than 30% of the province had banned the practice.

References

"2007 Census Analytical Report".
"2017 Population and Housing Census - Release 1".
(3 December 2012). "Accountability Failures in an iTaukei corporation: The case for a Fiji provincial company". University of Wollongong.
Fiji Bureau of Statistics. (5 January 2018). "2017 Population and Housing Census - Release 1". Census 2017.
(1977). "Population, resources and development in the eastern islands of Fiji: information for decision-making".
(10 June 2021). "Lau Province Ban Night Spear Fishing, A First For Fiji".
(9 June 2022). "Fishing for future – World Ocean Day: Tradition between the villages".
(21 April 2021). "'Ocean in crisis': Global plan to protect world's seas".

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