Naitasiri is one of the 14 provinces of Fiji

Provinces of Fiji

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 and one of eight based in Viti Levu

Viti Levu

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, Fiji's largest island.
Naitasiri as a province covers 1,666 square kilometers (643.25 Square Miles), the Province occupies the area to the north and east of (but does not include) Suva

Suva

Suva features a tropical rainforest climate under the Koppen climate classification. The city sees a copious amount of precipitation during the course of the year. Suva averages 3,000 mm of precipitation annually with its driest month, July averaging 125 mm of rain per year. In fact,...

, the capital. Its population at the last census

Census

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 in 2007 was 160,759, making Naitasiri the country's second most populous Province.Its natural resources includes the Medrausucu mountain ranges, vast indigenous forests,five river systems and fertile agricultural land.The Monasavu Hydro-electric dam sits astride its Wainimala headwaters and Nadrau plateau.

Recent public infrastructure works as at 2008 include a new hospital in Vunidawa,roadworks and sealing of the main Sawani to Naqali road and bridge constructions at Navuso (Waimanu River) and Naqali(Waidina River).

Prior to roads being built,the five rivers that flow through the province(Wainibuka,Wainimala,Waidina,Waimanu and the Rewa)were the main avenues of travel and communications.Hence many villages in the province were situated along rivers.
Up till the 1960s the province was the centre of the banana export industry.