Lautoka
Lautoka
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City | |
TappooCity and Vitogo Parade (shopping areas), Marine Drive and Lautoka Market | |
| Nicknames: Sugar City | |
Viti Levu with Lautoka in the north west | |
Lautoka Location in Fiji | |
| Country | Fiji |
| Island | Viti Levu |
| Division | Western Division |
| Province | Ba |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 71,573 |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (GMT +12) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (GMT +13) |
| Website | www |
Lautoka (Fijian pronunciation: [lɔu̯toka] ⓘ, Fiji Hindi: लौटोका) is the second largest metropolitan area in Fiji. It is on the west coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Ba Province of the Western Division. Lying in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane-growing region, the city has come to be known as the Sugar City. Covering an area of 32 square kilometres, it had a population of 71,573 at the 2017 census, the most recent to date.