Ra is one of the fourteen provinces of Fiji . Occupying the northern area of Viti Levu , the largest island, it is one of eight Viti Levu-based Provinces. With a land area of 1,341 square kilometers, it had a population of 30,432 in 2017 census . The main urban centre is at Vaileka , with a population of 3,361 in 1996.
7-469: The province has 19 districts: The districts of Saivou , Nakorotubu , Rakiraki , and Nalawa have their own chiefs: the Gone Turaga na Vunivalu na Tui Nalawa, Gone Marama na Ratu ni Natauiya Turaga na Gonesau , and Gone Turaga Tu Navitilevu. Ra Province has 19 tikina makawa and has 86 villages. Ra as a whole is governed by a Provincial Council . The Ra dialect of Fijian is distinctive in that
14-465: A geographical location in Fiji is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nakorotubu Nakorotubu is one of nineteen districts in Fiji 's Ra Province . It consists of seven sub-districts or sub-regions: the five villages of Namarai, Naocobau , Nadavacia, Saioko and Verevere. Nakorotubu also refers to one of the four main traditional regions (with Saivou, Nalawa, Rakiraki) of Ra with
21-515: The UN's 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( DOTROIP ). But to ask for the UN's help, they deemed that they had to be a nation, hence The Ra Christian State was envisioned to contest the constitution. Many of the conspirators were imprisoned for sedition and treason. 17°30′S 178°10′E / 17.500°S 178.167°E / -17.500; 178.167 This article about
28-485: The conquer of the whole of Vanua Levu (Cakaudrove, Bua and Macuata) in the' Torotorosila campaign'. In the centre of Nabukadra village in Kavula, Nakorotubu is the grave of Ratu Mara Kapaiwai, a high chief of Bau Island, the grandfather of Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna who was killed as a result of intra-family rivalries involving his cousin, the then ruler of the kingdom of Bau, Ratu Seru Cakobau in
35-504: The consonant /t/, pronounced elsewhere in Fiji, is pronounced as a glottal stop . There was an attempt in 2015 to create a "Christian state" in Ra. This was described by the then Chief of Police, Ben Groenewald, as a harmless cult, but the prime minister Frank Bainimarama took a sterner view and ordered a clamp-down by the army. It was due to claims by the “cult” that the constitution of Fiji violated
42-469: The early 19th century. Before his death, he came to Nabukadra to request his cousin, Ratu Josua Mara Kapaiwai(1) to ensure that his heart is not eaten when he was hanged by Ratu Cakobau. Their great grandmothers Ofia and Moqei were half sisters, i.e. from same mother and were war tokens from the Puakaloa campaign to Bau and Nakorotubu respectively. The Nakorotubu warriors snatched Kapaiwai's body from Bau and had
49-537: The referral traditional title of Gonesau and covers the geographical area of seven of the nineteen districts or sub regions (tikina makawa) of Ra: Nakorotubu, Bureiwai, Kavula, Bureivanua, Nakoilava, Mataso and Navitilevu. Nakorotubu recorded significant tribal war victories around the country that include the Puakaloa or Vuakaloa campaign, the conquer of the chiefly Kedekede fort of the Vuanirewa clan in Lakeba, Lau and
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