Lomaiviti Province
Province of Fiji
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Lomaiviti Province (Fijian pronunciation: [lomaiˈβitʃi]) is one of the 14 provinces of Fiji. Administratively, it forms part of Fiji's Eastern Division and of the Kubuna Confederacy, one of three traditional chiefly hierarchies in Fiji.
Lomaiviti Province | |
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 Interactive map of Lomaiviti Province | |
| Country |  Fiji |
| Division | Eastern Division |
| Area | |
• Total | 411 km2 (159 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 15,657 |
| • Density | 38.1/km2 (98.7/sq mi) |
Geographically it consists of the Lomaiviti Islands and has a total land area of 411 square kilometers.
Demographics
At the most recent census in 2017 it had a population of 15,657, making it the sixth least populous province.[3]
2017 Census
| Tikina (District) |
Ethnicity | Total[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iTaukei | % | Indo-Fijian | % | Other | % | ||
| Batiki | 213 | 98.6 | 2 | 0.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 216 |
| Gau | 2,168 | 99.2 | 8 | 0.4 | 9 | 0.4 | 2,185 |
| Koro | 2,898 | 98.7 | 28 | 1.0 | 11 | 0.4 | 2,937 |
| Lomaiviti Other Islands | 220 | 95.7 | 8 | 3.5 | 2 | 0.9 | 230 |
| Nairai | 482 | 99.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 483 |
| Ovalau | 8,846 | 92.1 | 360 | 3.7 | 400 | 4.2 | 9,606 |
| Province | 14,827 | 94.7 | 406 | 2.6 | 424 | 2.7 | 15,657 |
