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 Suva City Council is responsiblefor creating an attractive lively city, with cleaner and safer public places & facilities, marketing new developments, buildings and multistory with better car parking provisions.
Suva is a city of vibrant cultural heritage with a population of over 80, 000 within the city boundary and caters to twice that number when we consider greater Suva and the immediate surrounds of the city.
English is the main written and spoken language, with Fijian, Hindi and other Asian languages also being spoken by ethnic communities. Tourist attractions abound and the city is blessed with a number of spacious and clean beaches.
The main tourist attractions within the city include:
The city has one university and a technical institute with many other training centers. There is a large number of utility services & facilities for residents and visitors, including open spaces and public parks, good public transport, public libraries, an expensive range of bars, cafes & restaurants, and a modern lively night life. The main shopping areas are Thompson St, Cumming St, Marks St, Pier St and Ellery St. There are also a large number of shopping centers throughout the city. Suva has approximately 78 Parks with a newly developed Takashi Suzuki Garden and Thurston Gardens which are daily used by people of all age groups. The Children’s Park have safely designed playing equipments which are ideal for the young ones.
The Parks are well kept and maintained by Suva City Council. The Council also hosts and promotes the ‘National Arbour Week’ which serves to promote awareness for the need to plant and maintain indigenous trees throughout Fiji. Suva is the capital city of fiji. It is located on the southeast coast of the island of viti levu, in the central division, of which it is the administrative center. In 1877, it was decided to make suva the capital of fiji when the geography of former main european settlement at Levuka on the island of Ovalau proved too restrictive. The adminis Suva is the commercial and political center of Fiji, and the largest urban area in the South Pacific outside of Australia and New Zealand. It is Fiji's main port city and was the host of the 2003 south pacific games. Although Suva is on a peninsula, and almost surrounded by sea, the nearest beach is 40 kilometers away at Pacific Harbour, and the nearby coast is lined by mangroves. A significant part of the city centre, including the old parliament buildings, is built on reclaimed mangrove swamp.
Suva is noted for its considerable rainfall. Although it is not as wet as Pohnpei, the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia, it has a markedly higher rainfall than Nadi and the western side of The Suva City Council is the municipal law-making body of the city of Suva. It consists of 2
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Suva is a multiracial city comprising of Fijians, Indo-Fijians, Europeans, Part-Europeans, Chinese, & other Pacific Islanders.
tration of the colony was moved from Levuka to Suva in 1882. At the 1996 census, the city of Suva had a population of 77,366 .Today, the figure has increased to over 86,000. 
Viti Levu, which is known to Suva citizens as "the Burning West".
0 Councilors, elected for three-year terms from four multi-member constituencies called wards. Councilors, who are elected by residents, landowners, and representatives of corporations owning or occupying ratable property in Suva, elect a Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor from among their own members. They serve one-year terms and are eligible for reelection. The current Lord Mayor is Ratu Peni Volavola of the United Fiji Party (SDL) and his Deputy is Josefa Gavidi, also of the SDL.