• Source: Ra Province

Ra is one of the fourteen provinces of Fiji. Occupying the northern area of Viti Levu, the largest island, it is one of eight Viti Levu-based Provinces. With a land area of 1,341 square kilometers, it had a population of 30,432 in 2017 census. The main urban centre is at Vaileka, with a population of 3,361 in 1996.

The province has 19 districts:

Bureivanua
Bureiwai
Kavula
Lawaki
Mataso
Nababa
Nailuva
Nakorotubu
Nakuilava
Nalaba
Nalawa
Naroko
Nasau
Navitilevu
Navolau
Rakiraki
Raviravi
Saivou
Tokaimalo
The districts of Saivou, Nakorotubu, Rakiraki, and Nalawa have their own chiefs: the Gone Turaga na Vunivalu na Tui Nalawa, Gone Marama na Ratu ni Natauiya Turaga na Gonesau, and Gone Turaga Tu Navitilevu.
Ra Province has 19 tikina makawa and has 86 villages.
Ra as a whole is governed by a Provincial Council.
The Ra dialect of Fijian is distinctive in that the consonant /t/, pronounced elsewhere in Fiji, is pronounced as a glottal stop.




Christian State



There was an attempt in 2015 to create a "Christian state" in Ra. This was described by the then Chief of Police, Ben Groenewald, as a harmless cult, but the prime minister Frank Bainimarama took a sterner view and ordered a clamp-down by the army. It was due to claims by the “cult” that the constitution of Fiji violated the UN's 2007 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DOTROIP). But to ask for the UN's help, they deemed that they had to be a nation, hence The Ra Christian State was envisioned to contest the constitution. Many of the conspirators were imprisoned for sedition and treason.




References

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• Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta
• Davao Barat
• G.K.R. Mangkubumi
• Kayu buta-buta
• Provinsi Narathiwat
• Provinsi beku besar
• Provinsi Rayong
• Provinsi Vayots Dzor
• Manusia
• Girlfriends (film 2009)
• Ra Province
• Ra (disambiguation)
• Nanise Nagusuca
• Joni Madraiwiwi I
• George Shiu Raj
• Kubuna
• Bà Rá mountain
• Udre Udre
• Romagna
• Ra-ngae district