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Suva is the Capital city of Fiji . It is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu , in the Central Division , of which it is the administrative center. In 1877 , it was decided to make Suva the capital of Fiji when the geography of former main European settlement at Levuka on the island of Ovalau proved too restrictive. The administration of the colony was moved from Levuka to Suva in 1882 . At the 1996 Census , the last to date, the city of Suva had a Population of 77,366 Including independent suburbs, the population of the Greater Suva urban area was 167,975 at the same census [http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/Social/popn_townsarea.htm . PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS Suva is the commercial and political centre of Fiji, and the largest urban area in the South Pacific outside of Australia and New Zealand . It is Fiji's main port city. Although Suva is on a peninsula, and almost surrounded by sea, the nearest beach is 40 kilometres (25 Mi ) away at Pacific Harbour, and the nearby coast is lined by mangroves. A significant part of the city centre, including the old Parliament Buildings, is built on reclaimed mangrove swamp. Suva is noted for its considerable rainfall. Although it is not as wet as Pohnpei , the capital of the Federated States Of Micronesia , it has a markedly higher rainfall than Nadi and the western side of Viti Levu , which is known to Suva citizens as "the burning west". LANDMARKS A well-known landmark is the Suva City Library , built in 1909 and financed by the Sitiveni Rabuka The Government buildings complex sits in the crystal clear waters of Suva. This was drained in 1935 and over five kilometres of reinforced concrete pilings were driven into the creek bed to support the massive buildings to be erected. After the foundation stone was laid in 1937 , the building was completed in 1939 ; a new wing was completed in 1967 . Parliament , however, was moved to a new complex on Ratu Sukuna Road in 1992 . Government House was formerly the residence of Fiji's Colonial Governors and, following independence in 1970 , Governors-General . It is now the official residence of Fiji's President . Originally erected in 1882 , it had to be rebuilt in 1928 , following its destruction by lightning in 1921 . The Suva campus of the University Of The South Pacific (USP) occupies what was once a New Zealand Military base. It is the largest of the many USP campuses dotted throughout the South Pacific. |
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