Tuvuca
Sign in to saveTuvuca (pronounced ) is a small island off Vanua Balavu in Fiji's Lau archipelago. It is a densely wooded and inhabited island and rises above sea level at the highest point. There is only one village on the island, which has a population of around 180 people. There is a primary school. Tuvuca has untapped deposits of phosphate.
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Vinony's link graph records 36 inbound references to Tuvuca, and connects out to Fiji, Pacific Ocean and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Islands of Fiji and Lau Islands.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Lau Islands
- Country
- Fiji
- Located in
- Lau
- Area
- 12
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Tuvuca ISS002-E-7399 cropped.jpg
- Width
- 3.4
- Length
- 5.7
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Chiefly titles
- Notes
- Bibliography
Tuvuca (pronounced ) is a small island off Vanua Balavu in Fiji's Lau archipelago. It is a densely wooded and inhabited island and rises above sea level at the highest point. There is only one village on the island, which has a population of around 180 people. There is a primary school. Tuvuca has untapped deposits of phosphate.
==Chiefly titles== Tuvuca is part of the Tikina of Lomaloma and the chiefly title of this island is held by the Tui Tuvuca, which is generally held in personal union by the reigning Turaga na Rasau. The Village Chief of Tuvuca holds the title of Ramasi, it was this chiefs ancestors who gave the title to the Rasau of Lomaloma because he brought peace to Tuvuca and stopped a long-standing feud.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tuvuca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations