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Suva

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Suva (s`vä), city (1993 est. pop. 80,000), capital of Fiji Fiji (fē`jē) or Viti
..... Click the link for more information. , on the southeastern coast of Viti Levu Viti Levu (vē`tē lā`v
..... Click the link for more information.  island, S Pacific. It is a major shipping and commercial center of the S Pacific producing a variety of manufactures. Coconut oil and soap are manufactured; sugar, copra, gold, and tropical fruits are exported. Tourism is an important industry. The main campus of the Fiji School of Medicine and a campus of the Univ. of the South Pacific are there. Suva became the capital of Fiji in 1882. During World War II it was an important Allied airbase.

Suva

Seaport, (pop., 2003 est.: urban area, 210,472), capital of Fiji. Founded in 1849, it was made a city in 1952; it is now one of the largest urban centres in the South Pacific Ocean. With its fine harbour, Suva is Fiji's chief port and commercial centre and the site of educational and cultural institutions.
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Hope springs eternal in the human breast," goes the aphorism, and, in this slim but densely argued and interesting volume, Miyazaki suggests that this is nowhere more true than for the people of Suvavou, displaced in 1882 from the area in which the Fijian capital, Suva, was established.
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He was told to search the area and send all bones and artifacts recovered to the High Commission Office in Suva.
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