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Vanua Levu
Fiji's second island, of sandalwood and sugar.
- Population
- About 160,000 (2022)
- Sandalwood rush
- 1805–1815
Then
- 1805
Traders begin stripping sandalwood from Bua Bay. It's gone by 1815.
- 1860s
Settlers plant coconuts at Savusavu.
Now
Labasa is a sugar center, and Savusavu draws divers and yachts.