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Levuka
Sign in to saveLevuka () is a town on the eastern coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of Fiji. Prior to 1877, it was the capital of Fiji. At the census in 2007, the last to date, Levuka town had a population of 1,131 (plus 3,266 living in the peri-urban area as defined by the Bureau of Statistics), about half of Ovalau's 8,900 inhabitants. It is the economic hub and the largest of 24 settlements on the island. Having been nominated decades prior, Levuka was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2013, in recognition of the port town's exceptional test
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- Settlement.official_name
- Levuka
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- 250px
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- Beach Street, Levuka
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- Fiji
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- Location in Fiji
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Fiji
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Island
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ovalau
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Eastern Division
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- Province
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- Lomaiviti Province
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2007 Census
- Settlement.population_total
- 1,131
- Settlement.population_urban
- 4,397
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- 70
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Levuka () is a town on the eastern coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of Fiji. Prior to 1877, it was the capital of Fiji. At the census in 2007, the last to date, Levuka town had a population of 1,131 (plus 3,266 living in the peri-urban area as defined by the Bureau of Statistics), about half of Ovalau's 8,900 inhabitants. It is the economic hub and the largest of 24 settlements on the island. Having been nominated decades prior, Levuka was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2013, in recognition of the port town's exceptional testimony to the late colonial port towns in the Pacific.
==History== The modern town of Levuka was founded around 1820 by European settlers and traders as the first modern town in the Fiji Islands, and became an important port and trading post. A disparate band of settlers made up Levuka's population – traders, missionaries, shipwrights, speculators, and vagabonds, as well as respectable businessmen. The US Exploring Expedition visited in 1840.
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