NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Naitasiri

Naitasiri is a Province of Fiji. It is one of the country's fourteen Provinces, and one of eight based in Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. Covering 1,666 square kilometers, the Province occupies the area to the north and east of (but does not include) Suva, the capital. Its population at the last census in 1996 was 126,641, making Naitasiri the country's second most populous Province. Its main urban area is the burgeoning town of Nasinu, with a population of some 84,000. Fiji is divided administratively into four divisions, which are further subdivided into fourteen provinces. ... Viti Levu is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji. ... Suva is the capital of Fiji. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital â€” although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Naitasiri Province includes Naitasiri District, as well as Lomaivuna, Waimaro, and Wainimala Districts.

Well-known Naitasiri residents include Ratu Inoke Takiveikata, the Qaranivalu (Paramount Chief) of Naitasiri District and a former Cabinet Minister and Senator, who is now serving a life-sentence for his role in a mutiny connected with the Fiji coup of 2000. Ratu Inoke Takiveikata Ratu Inoke Takiveikata (born 1949) is a Fijian high chief and politician. ... The Qaranivalu is a senior Chief of Naitasiri province, Fiji. ... Fiji has the Westminster system - executive authority is vested nominally in a President, but exercised in practice by a Cabinet of Ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister. ... The Senate of Fiji is the upper chamber of Parliament. ... Two military mutinies took place in connection with the civilian coup dÃ©tat that rocked Fiji in 2000, the first while the rebellion instigated by George Speight was in progress, and the second four months after it had ended. ... Timeline (2000) May: 19, 20, 26, 27, 29, 30. ...

Naitasiri is governed by a Provincial Council, chaired by Ratu Solomoni Boserau.

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