Kadavu Island
Kadavu | |
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Island | |
Kadavu coastline | |
Map of Fiji, showing Kadavu (in red) to the south of Viti Levu | |
Kadavu Location in Fiji | |
| Country | Fiji |
| Island group | Kadavu Group |
| Division | Eastern Division |
| Province | Kadavu |
| Area | |
• Total | 411 km2 (159 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 805 m (2,641 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 10,167 |
| • Density | 24.7/km2 (64.1/sq mi) |
Kadavu (pronounced [kanˈdaβu]), with an area of 411 square kilometres (159 sq mi), is the fourth largest island in Fiji, and the largest island in the Kadavu Group, a volcanic archipelago consisting of Kadavu, Ono, Galoa and a number of smaller islands in the Great Astrolabe Reef. Its main administrative centre is Vunisea, which has an airport, a high school, a hospital, and a government station, on the Namalata Isthmus where the island is almost cut in two. Suva, Fiji's capital, lies 88 kilometres (55 miles) to the north of Kadavu. The population of the island province was 10,167 at the most recent census in 2007.
Kadavu Island belongs to Kadavu Province.