Suva

Suva Caipital Ceety o Fiji
Suva within Fiji
Kintra	Fiji
Island	Viti Levu
Diveesion	Central Diveesion
Area
• City	2048 km2 (790.5 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• City	88,271
• Urban	175,399
Time zone	UTC+12 (1200 GMT)

Suva is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Fiji. It is locatit on the sootheast coast o the island o Viti Levu, in the Central Diveesion, Rewa Province. In 1877, it wis decidit tae mak Suva the caipital o Fiji when the geography o umwhile main European dounset at Levuka on the island o Ovalau pruivit too restrictive. The admeenistration o the colony wis muivit frae Levuka tae Suva in 1882.

Suva is Fiji's poleetical an admeenistrative caipital. It is the lairgest an the maist sophisticatit ceety in the Sooth Paceefic (excludin New Zealand) an haes become an important regional centre; students frae the Paceefic region an a growin expatriate commonty mak up a significant portion o the ceety's population.

Sister ceeties

• Beihai, Guangxi, Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
• Taipei, Taiwan
• Brighton, Tasmanie, Australie

See an aw

• 1953 Suva yirdquauk

Freemit airtins

• Suva Ceety Cooncil (offeecial wabsteid)