Viseisei () is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

Vuda Point Vuda Point is a headland on the west coast of Viti Levu island, in Ba Province of Fiji. It is located between the towns of Nadi and Lautoka. Vuda Point features the village of Viseisei, with the Vuda Marina yacht harbor and several small reso ...

on the west coast 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 ...

island, in

Ba Province Ba is a province of Fiji, occupying the north-western sector of Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island. It is one of fourteen provinces in the nation of Fiji, and one of eight based in Viti Levu. It is Fiji's most populous province, with a population o ...

of Fiji.

History

According to tradition, it is the oldest settlement in Fiji, established by Lutunasobasoba when the first

Melanesia Melanesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It extends from Indonesia's New Guinea in the west to Fiji in the east, and includes the Arafura Sea. The region includes the four independent countries of Fiji, Va ...

n canoes beached at Vuda Point. Fiji's former

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, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, who held the chiefly title of ''

Tui Vuda Tui Vuda is the traditional title of the paramount chief of the Vuda district in Ba Province on Fiji's northwest coast. The most recent person to hold the title is Ratu ''Ratu'' () is an Austronesian title used by male Fijians of chiefly ra ...

,'' hailed from Viseisei. Ratu Iloilo died on 6 February 2011 at the age of 90.

References

Ba Province Populated places in Fiji {{Fiji-geo-stub