Rewa is a Province of Fiji. With a land area of 272 square kilometers (the smallest of Fiji's Provinces), it includes the capital city of Suva and is in two parts - one including part of Suva's hinterland to the west, and a noncontiguous area to the east, separated from the rest of Rewa by Naitasiri Province. The Province had a population of 101,547 at the 1996 census, making it Fiji's third most populous Province. Fiji is divided administratively into four divisions, which are further subdivided into fourteen provinces. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — 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. ... Suva is the capital of Fiji. ... Naitasiri is a Province of Fiji. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

For both political and traditional reasons, Rewa is a powerful Province. It is not only the hinterland of the national capital, but also the heart of the Burebasaga Confederacy, one of three traditional chiefly hierarchies. The Roko Tui Dreketi, or Paramount Chief of Rewa, is also the head Burebasaga. The last two holders of the title have been women: Ro Lady Lala Mara (1931-2004), the wife of Fiji's longtime Prime Minister and President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, and her sister and successor, Ro Teimumu Kepa, who is also Minister of Education in the Qarase government. Burebasaga is the largest of the three confederacies that comprise Fijis House of Chiefs, to which all Fijian chiefs belong. ... The Roko Tui Dreketi is the Paramount Chief of Fijis Rewa Province and of the Burebasaga Confederacy, to which Rewa belongs. ... Ro Adi Lala Mara Ro Adi Lady Lala Mara, maiden name Lalabalavu Litia Katoafutoga Tuisawau (January 4, 1931 – July 20, 2004) was a Fijian chief, who was better known as the widow of the late Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, modern Fijis founding father who served for many years as... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fiji received its independence in 1970. ... Fiji became a republic in 1987, when Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom formally abdicated as Queen of Fiji, following two military coups led by Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka. ... The Right Honourable Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara GCMG KBE CF, (May 6, 1920 – April 18, 2004) is considered the founding father of the modern nation of Fiji. ... Ro Teimumu Kepa Ro Teimumu Vuikaba Kepa is a Fijian chief and politician. ... 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. ... Laisenia Qarase (born February 4, 1941) is the Prime Minister of Fiji. ...

Rewa is governed by a Provincial Council. The Chairmanship of the Council is currently vacant, and the Council has decided not to fill it until the Constitution is changed to allow parliamentarians to hold national and provincial office simultaneously - thereby allowing their Paramount Chief, Ro Teimumu Kepa, to take the position. In the interim, Pita Tagi Cakiverata is Acting Chairman. Fijis Parliament is bicameral. ...

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	Divisions: Central | Eastern | Northern | Western Provinces: Ba | Bua | Cakaudrove | Kadavu | Lau | Lomaiviti | Macuata | Nadroga-Navosa | Naitasiri | Namosi | Ra | Rewa | Serua | Tailevu Dependency: Rotuma Cities: Lautoka | Suva Towns: Ba | Labasa | Lami | Levuka | Nadi | Nasinu | Nausori | Savusavu | Sigatoka | Tavua