Kioa
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kioa-194-3282796
title:
Kioa
text:
Kioa is an island in Fiji, an outlier to Vanua Levu, one of Fiji's two main islands. Situated opposite Buca Bay, Kioa was purchased by settlers from Vaitupu atoll in Tuvalu, who came between 1947 and 1962. Despite its relatively large size, Vaitupu became so overcrowded during the 1940s that a number of families migrated to live on Kioa Island. At the end of World War II, Neli Lifuka was instrumental in collecting the funds to purchase Kioa. Initially 37 people migrated from Vaitupu to live on K
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Island in Vanua Levu Group, Fiji
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kioa
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date modified:
2023-05-13T07:45:31Z
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13
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