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[[File:Bua, Feejee (June 1851, VIII, p.60).jpg|thumb|260px|Bua, Fiji Islands (June 1851, VIII, p.60)<ref name=Offering1851>{{cite journal|title=Bua, Feejee|journal=Wesleyan Juvenile Offering|date=June 1851|volume=VIII|pages=60|url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=bFwEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Wesleyan+juvenile+offering+1851&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2yfrtmrfJAhVD6KYKHXFFDsEQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=The%20Wesleyan%20juvenile%20offering%201851&f=false|accessdate=30 November 2015|publisher=Wesleyan Mission-House|location=London}}</ref>]] |
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'''Bua''' is one of fourteen [[provinces of Fiji]]. Located in the west of the northern island of [[Vanua Levu]], it is one of three northern provinces, and has a land area of 1,379 square kilometers. Its population at the 2017 [[census]] was 15,466, making it the fifth least-populous Province<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/census |title=2017 Population and Housing Census - Release 1 |author=Fiji Bureau of Statistics |date=5 January 2018 |work=Census 2017 |accessdate=8 April 2018}}</ref>. |
'''Bua''' is one of fourteen [[provinces of Fiji]]. Located in the west of the northern island of [[Vanua Levu]], it is one of three northern provinces, and has a land area of 1,379 square kilometers. Its population at the 2017 [[census]] was 15,466, making it the fifth least-populous Province<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/census |title=2017 Population and Housing Census - Release 1 |author=Fiji Bureau of Statistics |date=5 January 2018 |work=Census 2017 |accessdate=8 April 2018}}</ref>. |
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Bua is governed by a [[Bua Provincial Council|Provincial Council]], chaired by [[Filimone Ralogaivau|Ratu Filimone Ralogaivau]]. |
Bua is governed by a [[Bua Provincial Council|Provincial Council]], chaired by [[Filimone Ralogaivau|Ratu Filimone Ralogaivau]]. |
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Bua also is one of the port of entries into Vanua Levu. This port is located in Nabouwalu that is equipped with a jetty where ships berth. Fiji government is soon planning to declare Nabouwalu a township.[http://fijisun.com.fj/2018/09/21/journey-begins-of-1-7m-development-of-nabouwalu-into-a-town/] |
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Bua is one of fourteen provinces of Fiji. Located in the west of the northern island of Vanua Levu, it is one of three northern provinces, and has a land area of 1,379 square kilometers. Its population at the 2017 census was 15,466, making it the fifth least-populous Province[2].
Bua is governed by a Provincial Council, chaired by Ratu Filimone Ralogaivau.
Bua also is one of the port of entries into Vanua Levu. This port is located in Nabouwalu that is equipped with a jetty where ships berth. Fiji government is soon planning to declare Nabouwalu a township.[1]
16°46′34″S 178°36′04″E / 16.77611°S 178.60111°E
References
- ^ "Bua, Feejee". Wesleyan Juvenile Offering. VIII. London: Wesleyan Mission-House: 60. June 1851. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ Fiji Bureau of Statistics (5 January 2018). "2017 Population and Housing Census - Release 1". Census 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
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