Suva, Fiji

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capital city city

Suva, Fiji is the capital and largest city of Fiji, serving as a major political, economic, and regional administrative hub in the South Pacific.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city → city →
becameCapitalOfFiji	1877 (administrative move from Levuka) →
capitalOf	Fiji →
climate	tropical rainforest climate →
commonLanguage	Fiji Hindi → Fijian →
continent	Oceania →
coordinates	18.1416° S, 178.4419° E →
country	Fiji →
demographics	ethnically diverse population including iTaukei Fijians and Indo-Fijians →
elevatedToCityStatus	1952 →
foundedAsTown	late 19th century →
governingBody	Suva City Council →
hasAirport	Nausori International Airport (nearby) →
hasLandmark	Albert Park → Fiji Museum → Sacred Heart Cathedral, Suva → Suva City Carnegie Library → Suva City Council Chambers → Suva Municipal Market → Thurston Gardens →
hasPort	Port of Suva →
hosts	Government House (official residence of the President of Fiji) → Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat → Parliament of Fiji → Secretariat of the Pacific Community regional offices → South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) offices → Supreme Court of Fiji → University of the South Pacific main campus →
isEconomicCenterOf	Fiji →
isPoliticalCenterOf	Fiji →
isRegionalHubFor	South Pacific →
KöppenClimateClassification	Af →
largestCityOf	Fiji →
locatedIn	Central Division, Fiji → Rewa Province →
locatedOn	island of Viti Levu →
majorIndustry	education → finance and banking → government services → retail and commerce → shipping and port services →
mayorTitle	Lord Mayor of Suva →
officialLanguage	English →
partOf	Greater Suva urban area →
population	approximately 90,000 (city proper, early 2020s) →
populationUrbanArea	over 170,000 (Greater Suva, early 2020s) →
timeZone	Fiji Time →
utcOffset	+12:00 →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Pacific Islands Forum → Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat → Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat ("Suva") →	headquartersLocation
Fiji ("Suva") → Parliament of Fiji ("Suva") →	capital
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ("Suva") → Prime Minister of Fiji ("Suva") →	seat
Nadi International Airport ("Suva") → Nausori International Airport ("Suva") →	servesCity
Viti Levu ("Suva") →	contains
British Western Pacific Territories ("Suva") →	hasCapital
Viti Levu ("Suva") →	hasCapitalCity
Pacific Islands Forum ("Suva") →	hasHeadquartersLocation
Pacific Islands ("Suva") →	hasMajorCity
Viti Levu ("Greater Suva urban area") →	hasMajorUrbanArea
Pacific Community →	hasOffice
Fiji ("Suva") →	largestCity
Port of Suva ("Suva") →	locatedIn
High Commissioner for the Western Pacific ("Suva") →	locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Parliament of Fiji ("Suva") →	location
Suva ("Greater Suva urban area") →	partOf
Pacific Community →	regionalOffice
Fiji ("Suva") →	seatOfGovernment
Pacific Islands Forum ("Suva") →	secretariatLocation
Port of Suva ("Suva metropolitan area") →	serves
Nausori International Airport ("Suva") →	servesCapitalCity