Suva Capital City of Fiji
Suva Skyline
Coat of arms
Motto: Valataka na Dina (Fight for the Right)
Suva within Fiji
Country	Fiji
Island	Viti Levu
Division	Central Division
Government
• Type	Suva City Council
Area
• City	790.5 sq mi (2,048 km2)
Population (2009)
• City	88,271
• Urban	175,399
Time zone	1200 GMT (UTC+12)
Website	www.suvacity.org www.experiencesuva.com

Suva is the capital and the second most populated municipality of Fiji, after Nasinu. It is on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Rewa Province, Central Division. In 1877, it was decided to make Suva the capital of Fiji when the geography of former main European settlement at Levuka on the island of Ovalau proved too restrictive. The administration of the colony was moved from Levuka to Suva in 1882.

Suva is Fiji's political and administrative capital. It is the largest and the most cosmopolitan city in the South Pacific and has become an important regional centre; students from the Pacific region and a growing expatriate community make up a significant portion of the city's population. Under authority of local government act Suva is governed and administratively looked after by Suva City Council.

At the 2007 census, the city of Suva had a population of 85,691.^[1] Including independent suburbs, the population of the Greater Suva urban area was 172,399 at the 2007 census.^{[citation needed]} Suva, along with the bordering cities of Lami, Nasinu, and Nausori have a total urban population of around 330,000, over a third of the nation's population. This urban complex is known also as the Suva–Nausori corridor (not including Lami).