Cities

Suva

Citation Formats

General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Suva." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/suva.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Suva. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/suva

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-suva,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Suva},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/suva},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Suva is the capital and largest city of Fiji, on the southeast coast of Viti Levu. It became the colonial capital in 1877 and remains the country's political, economic and cultural centre and a major South Pacific port and diplomatic hub.

Facts

Population

93,874 1

2017 census figure (city proper), from Suva's own Wikipedia infobox; urban and metropolitan area populations are given separately as larger.

Area (sq km)

26.24 1

Founding Year

1877 1

1877 is the year the colonial capital moved to Suva, the date the infobox itself gives; administration was not officially transferred until 1882.

Population Estimate Year

2017 1

Latitude