Lautoka
Sign in to saveLautoka (, ) is the second largest metropolitan area in Fiji. It is on the west coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Ba Province of the Western Division. Lying in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane-growing region, the city has come to be known as the Sugar City. Covering an area of 32 square kilometres, it had a population of 71,573 at the 2017 census, the most recent to date.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lautoka
- Region
- Western
- Country
- Viti
- Population
- 52,500
- Timezone
- Pacific/Fiji
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Lautoka
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.nicknames
- Sugar City
- Settlement.image_caption
- TappooCity and Vitogo Parade (shopping areas), Marine Drive and Lautoka Market
- Settlement.image_map
- VitiLevu2021OSM.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Viti Levu with Lautoka in the north west
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Fiji
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Fiji
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Island
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Viti Levu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Fiji
- Located in
- Ba
- Population
- +52220
- Area
- +16
- Capital of
- Western Division
- Image
- Main road lautoka.jpg
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Lautoka (, ) is the second largest metropolitan area in Fiji. It is on the west coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Ba Province of the Western Division. Lying in the heart of Fiji's sugar cane-growing region, the city has come to be known as the Sugar City. Covering an area of 32 square kilometres, it had a population of 71,573 at the 2017 census, the most recent to date.
==Economic activities== Lautoka is known as the Sugar City and the Cane Market because of its sugar cane belt areas. The main Lautoka Sugar Mill was founded in 1903, and is the city's biggest employer by far. Built for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Fiji) (CSR) by workers from India and the Solomon Islands between 1899 and 1903, it hires some 1,300 employees today. Other industries include timber milling, garment manufacturing, distillery, brewery, jewellery, blending, steelworks, fishing, hatchery, domestic items, paints, and construction.