Namosi is one of Fiji's fourteen Provinces, and one of eight based in Viti Levu, the largest island. Located to the west of Suva, the Province covers 570 square kilometers. Its population of 5,742 at the 1996census was the smallest of any Fijian Province. 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. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...
Namosi Province includes Namosi District, as well as the Districts of Veivatuloa and Wainikoroiluva.
The Province is governed by a Provincial Council, chaired by Ratu Kiniviliame Taukeinikoro.
However, the villages inland from Suva in the highlands of Naitasiri and Namosi are amongst the most picturesque and traditional in Fiji and an overnight stya is highly recommended.
The villages inland from Suva in the highlands of Naitasiri and Namosi are amongst the most picturesque and traditional in Fiji and an overnight stya is highly recommended with bilibile rafting, pig hunting, waterfalls and spectacular hiking.
The North Coast is dominated by sugar cane farms and rolling hills with remote villages inland and the towering Mt Tomainivi, Fiji's highest mounatin.
Namosi and Matainasau villages are located in the interior wet zone of Viti Levu, the main island of Fiji, some 56 and 95 km respectively from the capital of Suva.
Correspondingly longer cropping periods and shorter fallow periods are characteristic on the richer alluvial and colluvial soils nearer the villages.
Trees that are sacred totems, or i cavuti, of the various descent groups (mataqali) of Namosi include mako (Cyathocalyx vitiensis), bua (Fagraea berteriana), bitu (Schizastachyam glaucifolium), and niu, the coconut (Cocos nucifera).
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