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Rewa Province

Province of Fiji


Province of Fiji

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nameRewa Province
settlement_typeProvince
image_skylineEngraving of Rewa.jpg
image_captionRewa as seen during the United States Exploring Expedition
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mapframe-frame-width300
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameFiji
subdivision_type1Division
subdivision_name1Central Division
seat_typeCapital
area_footnotes
area_total_km2272
population_total108,016
population_as_of2017
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|mapframe-frame-width=300 |mapframe-zoom=8 Rewa is a province of Fiji. With a land area of 272 square kilometers (the smallest of Fiji's provinces), it includes the capital city of Suva (but not most of Suva's suburbs) and is in two parts — one including part of Suva's hinterland to the west and a noncontiguous area to the east, separated from the rest of Rewa by Naitasiri Province. The province had a population of 108,016 at the 2017 census, making it Fiji's third most populous.

For political and traditional reasons, Rewa is a powerful province. It is the hinterland of the national capital and the heart of the Burebasaga Confederacy, one of three traditional chiefly hierarchies. The Roko Tui Dreketi, or Paramount Chief of Rewa, is the head Burebasaga. The last two holders of the title have been women: Ro Lady Lala Mara (1931-2004), the wife of Fiji's longtime prime minister and President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, and her sister and successor, Ro Teimumu Kepa, who was Minister of Education in the government of Prime Minister Qarase (2001-2006). In 2014, she led the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SoDelPa) in the parliamentary election, the first since the military coup of 2006, and served as Leader of the Opposition from 2014 to 2018.

Rewa is governed by a Provincial Council. For a period in the early 2000s, the chairmanship was vacant, and the Council decided not to fill it until the Constitution could be changed to allow parliamentarians to hold national and provincial office simultaneously, thereby allowing their Paramount Chief, Ro Teimumu Kepa, to take the position. In the interim, Pita Tagicakiverata served as acting chairman.

Administrative Divisions

The province is divided into four Tikinas:

NamePopulation (2017)
Beqa1,356
Noco3,687
Rewa8,943
Suva94,088

References

References

  1. "2007 Census Analytical Report".
  2. Fiji Bureau of Statistics. "2017 Census of Population and Housing".
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