Vanua Levu

Vanua Levu, formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest of . Located 64 kilometres to the north of the larger , the island has an area of 5,587.1 square kilometres and a population of 135,961 as of 2007.
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Vanua Levu

Latitude
-16.55° or 16° 33′ south
Longitude
179.25° or 179° 15′ east
Population
130,000
Elevation
250 metres (820 feet)
Open location code
5VMXF722+22
Geo­Names ID
2197138
Wiki­data ID
Q327733
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Vanua Levu” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Vanua Levu
  • Arabic: فانوا ليفو
  • Azerbaijani: Vanua-Levu
  • Basque: Vanua Levu
  • Belarusian: Вануа-Леву
  • Belarusian: Востраў Вануа-Леву
  • Bulgarian: Вануа Леву
  • Catalan: Vanua Levu
  • Cebuano: Vanua Levu
  • Chinese: 万努来雾
  • Chinese: 瓦努阿岛
  • Chinese: 瓦努阿島
  • Czech: Santalový ostrov
  • Czech: Vanua Levu
  • Dutch: Vanua Levu
  • Esperanto: Vanua Levu
  • Estonian: Vanua Levu
  • Fiji Hindi: Vanua Levu
  • Fijian: Vanua Levu
  • Finnish: Vanua Levu
  • French: Vanua Levu
  • Galician: Vanua Levu
  • Georgian: ვანუა-ლევუ
  • German: Sandalwood Island
  • German: Vanua Levu
  • Greek: Βανούα Λέβου
  • Hebrew: ונואה לוו
  • Hindi: वानुआ लेवु
  • Indonesian: Vanua Levu
  • Italian: Vanua Levu
  • Japanese: バヌアレブ島
  • Kannada: ವ್ಯಾನುವಾ ಲೇವು
  • Korean: 바누아레부 섬
  • Korean: 바누아레부섬
  • Latvian: Vanua Levu
  • Lithuanian: Vanua Levu
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Sandalwood island
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vanua Levu
  • Norwegian: Vanua Levu
  • Persian: وانوا لوو
  • Polish: Vanua Levu
  • Portuguese: Vanua Levu
  • Romanian: Vanua Levu
  • Russian: Вануа-Леву
  • Sanskrit: वनुआ लेवु
  • Scots: Vanua Levu
  • Serbian: Vanua Levu
  • Serbian: Вануа Леву
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vanua Levu
  • Spanish: Vanua Levu
  • Swedish: Vanua Levu
  • Tamil: வானுவாலெவு
  • Thai: วานูอาเลวู
  • Tok Pisin: Vanua Levu
  • Turkish: Vanua Levu
  • Ukrainian: Вануа Леву
  • Ukrainian: Вануа-Леву
  • Uzbek: Vanua Levu
  • Vietnamese: Vanua Levu
  • Welsh: Vanua Levu

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