Tubou

{{Short description|Village on the Fijian island of Lakeba}}

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Tubou is a village on the Fijian island of Lakeba, with a population of about 2,000.{{cite web |last1=Ratubalavu |first1=Unaisi |title=Back in History: Ratu Mara hosts chiefs |url=https://www.fijitimes.com/back-in-history-ratu-mara-hosts-chiefs/ |website=Fiji Times |access-date=29 May 2023 |date=29 November 2021}} 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{{cite web |title=Rebirth of Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs is underway |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/490539/rebirth-of-fiji-s-great-council-of-chiefs-is-underway |website=RNZ National |access-date=29 May 2023 |date=24 May 2023}} from which Fiji's longtime Prime Minister and President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (1920–2004){{cite web |title=Fijians pay tribute to Somare |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/437417/fijians-pay-tribute-to-somare |website=RNZ National |access-date=29 May 2023 |date=1 March 2021}} 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,{{cite web |title=Things to know about Enele Ma’afu |url=https://www.fijitimes.com/things-to-know-about-enele-maafu/ |website=Fiji Times |access-date=29 May 2023 |date=24 January 2016}} as are Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (1888–1958), Fiji's first modern statesman,{{cite web |last1=Simmons |first1=Matilda |title=The return of Ratu Sukuna |url=https://www.fijitimes.com/the-return-of-ratu-sukuna/ |website=Fiji Times |access-date=29 May 2023 |date=29 October 2017}} and Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. Many early Christian missionaries are also buried in Tubou.