5-596: Lau Province is one of fourteen provinces of Fiji . Its capital is at Tubou , at the southern end of the island of Lakeba . The province forms part of the country's Eastern Division (which also includes the provinces of Kadavu and Lomaiviti ), and of the Tovata Confederacy , a traditional hierarchy of chiefs from northern and eastern Fiji. Geographically it consists of the Lau Archipelago . The Lau group comprises 57 islands, 19 of which are inhabited, and has
10-568: A total land area of around 490 square kilometres (190 sq mi). At the most recent census in 2017, it had a population of 9,602, down from 10,683 in 2007 and 14,500 in 1976, making it the third-least populous province. As of 2007, about 57,500 people born in Lau Province lived elsewhere in Fiji. In 2021 Lau Province banned spearfishing at night in order to protect the marine ecosystem and biodiversity. Previously, communities from more than 30% of
15-423: Is composed of several koros. Each yasana is governed by a provincial council, mainly composed of well educated people, and chiefly Fijians, and headed up by an executive head, under the title Roko Tui . The largest province by land area according to the latest Fiji Bureau of statistics is Cakaudrove (281,600 ha) followed by Ba (263,400 ha) and Nadroga-Navosa (238,500 ha) The largest province by population
20-470: The indigenous Fijian population by the Fijian Affairs Board . They are more or less derived from the major clan affiliations for each provincial region. The most basic administrative unit in modern Fijian communities is the koro (village). Each village is led by a village headman called the turaga-ni-koro , who is elected by the other villagers. A subunit of the yasana is the tikina , which
25-450: The province had banned the practice. 18°20′S 178°30′W / 18.333°S 178.500°W / -18.333; -178.500 Provinces of Fiji The Provinces of Fiji ( "veiyasana" (pl.) and "yasana" (s.) in the Fijian language ) are the 14 administrative units into which the country is divided, particularly in relation to the provision of resources and services to
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