Macuata (Fijian pronunciation: [maˈðuata]) is one of Fiji's fourteen Provinces, and one of three based principally on the northern island of Vanua Levu, occupying the north-eastern 40 percent of the island.
[citation needed] The province has 114 villages[citation needed] spread over five districts (tikinas): Cikobia, Dogotuki, Labasa, Macuata, and Sasa; the district boundaries haven't changed since 1956.
[3] Its population of 65,983 at the 2017 census was the fourth largest of any Fijian province.
[4] As of 2007, Indo-Fijians constituted most of the population at 42,550 people, while native Fijians numbered 28,197.
More than a quarter of Macuata's population (27,949 in 2007) lives in the town of Labasa.