Tavua is a town in Fiji, 91 kilometers from Nadi and 9 kilometers from the gold mining settlement of Vatukoula. It was formally incorporated as a Town in 1992 with the appointment of its first Mayor Mr Iliesa Vula from Tavualevu. The town covers a land area of 100 square kilometers, and had a population of 2,418 at the 1996 census, the last to date
