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Tubou is a village on the Fijian island of Lakeba, with a population of about 2,000. [1] One of eight villages on Lakeba, it is considered the capital of the Lau Islands, being the seat of the Vuanirewa clan, a powerful chiefly family [2] from which Fiji's longtime Prime Minister and President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (1920–2004) [1] [3] and one of Fiji's famous cricketers I. L. Bula (born 1921), hailed.
The Tongan- Fijian warlord Enele Ma'afu, who conquered much of eastern and northern Fiji in the mid-19th century, is buried in Tubou, [4] as are Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (1888–1958), Fiji's first modern statesman, [5] and Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. [3] Many early Christian missionaries are also buried in Tubou.
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