Ba is a district situated on the north western part of the island of
Viti Levu
Viti Levu (pronounced ) is the largest island in the Republic of Fiji. It is the site of the nation's capital, Suva, and home to a large majority of Fiji's population.
Geology
Fiji lies in a tectonically complex area between the Australian P ...
in
Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...
. The name Ba is also used for
a province, a ''tikina'' (a native Fijian administrative region comprising several villages), a town and
a river. Ba district comprises the areas surrounding
Ba Town and includes the Fijian administrative tikinas of Ba and Magodro. Ba district is in the
Western Division. Ba is a sugar cane growing district and sugar cane farming and employment in the Ba Sugar Mill are the main areas of employment. Some 80 percent of the residents of Ba District are of
Indian
Indian or Indians may refer to:
Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
origin. The Ba District
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
team is the most successful soccer team in Fiji.
Some prominent people who originated from Ba are
Parmanand Singh
Parmanand Singh (born 1905) was one of the three Indo-Fijians elected to the Legislative Council of Fiji in October 1929 when Indo-Fijians were given the first opportunity to elect their own representatives. The other two were Vishnu Deo and Jam ...
,
Sidiq Koya
Siddiq Moidin Koya (29 February 1924 – 25 April 1993) was a Indians in Fiji, Fijian Indian politician, Statesman and Leader of the Opposition (Fiji), Opposition leader. He succeeded to the leadership of the mostly Indians in Fiji, Indo-Fij ...
,
R. D. Patel,
Narsi Raniga,
Vinod Patel,
Vijay R. Singh,
James Shankar Singh
James Shankar Singh, MBE (May 10, 1924 – July 27, 2014) was a Fiji Indian farmer, businessman, social worker and politician who served as a Minister in the Alliance Government of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. Like many Fiji Indian politicians of ...
,
Parveen Bala Parveen or Parvin or Perveen or Pervin or Parween is a Persian-origin name meaning Pleiades.
People Females
* Parvin Ahmadinejad (born 1962), Iranian politician
* Parvin Ardalan (born 1967), Iranian women's rights activist, writer and journalist ...
,
Davendra Singh
Davendra Singh (born 1950) was a Fiji Indian small businessman and politician who came into prominence when he challenged and defeated the official National Federation Party (NFP) candidate in a by-election in March 1985.
The Lautoka Indian Co ...
,
Anirudh Singh and
Anand Singh.
See also
*
Local government of Fiji
Fiji is divided administratively into four divisions, which are further subdivided into fourteen provinces. Each province has a provincial council.
Administrative divisions
Fiji is divided administratively into four divisions, which are ...
*
Ba F.C.
*
Govind Park
* ''
Ba humbugi
''Ba humbugi'' is the only species and therefore the type species in the genus ''Ba'', a genus of land snail, belonging to the family Charopidae. Both the genus and the species were named by the American Malacology, malacologist Alan Solem. The g ...
''
References
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Districts of Ba Province