Provinces of Fiji

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The Provinces of Fiji ("veiyasana" (pl.) and "yasana" (s.) in the Fijian language) are the 14 administrative units into which the country is divided, particularly in relation to the provision of resources and services to the indigenous Fijian population by the Fijian Affairs Board.^[1] They are more or less derived from the major clan affiliations for each provincial region.

The most basic administrative unit in modern Fijian communities is the koro (village). Each village is led by a village headman called the turaga-ni-koro, who is elected by the other villagers. A subunit of the yasana is the tikina, which is composed of several koros. Each yasana is governed by a provincial council, mainly composed of well educated people, and chiefly Fijians, and headed up by an executive head, under the title Roko Tui.^[1]

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The largest province by land area according to the latest Fiji Bureau of statistics is Cakaudrove (281,600 ha) followed by Ba (263,400 ha) and Nadroga-Navosa (238,500 ha) The largest province by population is Ba Province with 247, 708 according to 2017 census. The fourteen provinces^[1], their population and the present Roko Tui are:

This is a list of provinces of Fiji by Human Development Index as of 2022.^[2]

Rank	Province	HDI (2022)
High human development
1	Naitasiri	0.744
2	Ba	0.734
3	Rewa	0.731
–	Fiji	0.729
4	Macuata	0.719
5	Tailevu	0.719
6	Serua, Namosi	0.703
Medium human development
7	Nadroga-Navosa	0.697
8	Cakaudrove, Bua	0.686
9	Kadavu, Lau, Lomaiviti	0.680
10	Ra	0.676