An ornate temple, open to public and built by Hare Krishna devotees, dominates the Sigatoka skyline.

The town is also the principal centre for Fiji's coastal tourism belt—the Coral Coast—which has many of the country's leading hotels and resorts.

Sigatoka has a long history of settlement dating to 1000 BCE, when indigenous tribal chiefs occupied the area.

In the period of contact, European settlers explored Sigatoka when they made it as part of Colonial Fiji.

At the last municipal elections, held on 22 October 2005, all 10 seats were won by a coalition of the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) and the National Federation Party (NFP).

The new council re-elected Ratu Isikeli Tasere as Mayor, a position held for a one-year term, renewable any number of times.

Sigatoka Andhra High School currently holds the second highest pass rate following Nadroga Arya College.

[4] Sigatoka, essentially part of Nadroga province is home to the champion Nadroga Rugby Union team who have won a number of locally sponsored rugby union competitions (no exact figure) and the Farebrother-Sullivan Trophy eighty-one times.

Sigatoka is also the home town of Iliesa Delana, Fiji's and the South Pacific's first gold medalist in the Paralympic Games (2012).

Nadroga is also regarded and nicknamed the 'Salad Bowl of Fiji', specifically the Sigatoka Valley, which produces a high volume of the nation's fruits, spices and vegetables, both for local consumption and export.