Levuka

Levuka
Beach Street, Levuka
Levuka Location in Fiji
Coordinates: 17°41′02″S 178°50′24″E / 17.684014°S 178.840127°E / -17.684014; 178.840127
Country	Fiji
Island	Ovalau
Division	Eastern Division
Province	Lomaiviti Province
Population  (2007 Census)
• City	1,131
• Urban	4,397
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Levuka Historical Port Town
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv
Designated	2013 (37th session)
Reference no.	1399
Region	Asia and the Pacific

Levuka (Fijian pronunciation: [leβuka]) is a town on the eastern coast of the Fijian island of Ovalau, in Lomaiviti Province, in the Eastern Division of Fiji. Prior to 1877, it was the capital of Fiji. At the census in 2007, the last to date, Levuka town had a population of 1,131 (plus 3,266 living in the peri-urban area as defined by the Bureau of Statistics), about half of Ovalau's 8,360 inhabitants. It is the economic hub and the largest of 24 settlements on the island. Having been nominated decades prior, Levuka was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in June 2013, in recognition of the port town's exceptional testimony to the late colonial port towns in the Pacific.^[1]