Bua Province
{{short description|Province of Fiji}}
{{distinguish|Bau (disambiguation)}}
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| image_skyline = Bua, Feejee (June 1851, VIII, p.60).jpg
| image_caption = Bua, Fiji Islands (June 1851, VIII, p.60){{cite journal|title=Bua, Feejee|journal=Wesleyan Juvenile Offering|date=June 1851|volume=VIII|pages=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bFwEAAAAQAAJ&q=The+Wesleyan+juvenile+offering+1851|access-date=30 November 2015|publisher=Wesleyan Mission-House|location=London}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Division
| subdivision_name1 = Northern Division
| seat_type = Capital
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| area_total_km2 = 1378
| population_total = 15,466
| population_as_of = 2017
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Bua ({{IPA|fj|ᵐbu.a}}) is one of fourteen provinces of Fiji. Located in the west of the northern island of Vanua Levu, it is one of three northern provinces, and has a land area of 1,379 square kilometers within the three main districts of Bua, Vuya and Wainunu. Its population at the 2017 census was 15,466, making it the fifth least-populous Province.{{cite web |url=http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/census |title=2017 Population and Housing Census - Release 1 |author=Fiji Bureau of Statistics |date=5 January 2018 |work=Census 2017 |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320221719/http://www.statsfiji.gov.fj/census |archive-date=20 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}
Bua is governed by a Provincial Council, chaired by Ratu Filimone Ralogaivau.
Bua also is one of the port of entries into Vanua Levu. This port is located in Nabouwalu that is equipped with a jetty where ships berth. Fiji government is soon planning to declare Nabouwalu a township.{{Cite web|url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2018/09/21/journey-begins-of-1-7m-development-of-nabouwalu-into-a-town/|title = Journey Begins: $1.7m Development of Nabouwalu into a Town}}
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Climate
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
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|collapsed = Y
|location = Nabouwalu, Bua Province (1991–2020 normals)
|Jan high C = 30.8
|Feb high C = 31.0
|Mar high C = 31.0
|Apr high C = 30.0
|May high C = 28.5
|Jun high C = 27.6
|Jul high C = 27.0
|Aug high C = 26.8
|Sep high C = 27.4
|Oct high C = 28.2
|Nov high C = 29.3
|Dec high C = 30.3
| year high C = 29.0
|Jan mean C = 27.7
|Feb mean C = 27.9
|Mar mean C = 27.9
|Apr mean C = 27.2
|May mean C = 26.1
|Jun mean C = 25.3
|Jul mean C = 24.7
|Aug mean C = 24.4
|Sep mean C = 24.9
|Oct mean C = 25.6
|Nov mean C = 26.5
|Dec mean C = 27.3
| year mean C = 26.3
|Jan low C = 24.6
|Feb low C = 24.7
|Mar low C = 24.7
|Apr low C = 24.4
|May low C = 23.6
|Jun low C = 23.0
|Jul low C = 22.2
|Aug low C = 22.0
|Sep low C = 22.4
|Oct low C = 23.0
|Nov low C = 23.6
|Dec low C = 24.3
| year low C = 23.5
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 18.1
|Feb precipitation days = 17.0
|Mar precipitation days = 19.2
|Apr precipitation days = 17.1
|May precipitation days = 12.9
|Jun precipitation days = 11.2
|Jul precipitation days = 10.0
|Aug precipitation days = 10.7
|Sep precipitation days = 10.5
|Oct precipitation days = 12.9
|Nov precipitation days = 13.4
|Dec precipitation days = 16.6
|year precipitation days = 169.6
|source 1 = World Meteorological Organization{{cite web
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-5-WMO-Normals-9120/Fiji/CSV/Nabouwalu_91659.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020
| publisher = World Meteorological Organization
| access-date = 19 October 2023}}
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