Beqa
Sign in to saveBeqa (, also known as Mbengga in English) is an island in Fiji, an outlier to the main island of Viti Levu, to the south. The island has a land area of and reaches a maximum elevation of . Beqa has 9 villages divided between 2 tikinas (districts): Sawau and Raviravi. To the west is the island of Yanuca.
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- Beqa
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- Island and Tikina
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- Location in Fiji
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- Archipelago
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- Viti Levu Group
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- Division
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- Central Division
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- Province
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- Rewa
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- 36.3
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- 440
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Beqa (, also known as Mbengga in English) is an island in Fiji, an outlier to the main island of Viti Levu, to the south. The island has a land area of and reaches a maximum elevation of . Beqa has 9 villages divided between 2 tikinas (districts): Sawau and Raviravi. To the west is the island of Yanuca.
The villages of Dakuibeqa (the chiefly village of the Sawau people), Dakuni, Soliyaga, Naceva and Naiseuseu are part of the tikina (district) of Sawau. The villages of Nawaisomo, Raviravi, Lalati and Rukua are part of the tikina (district) of Raviravi.