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'Tubou' is a village on the Fijian island of Lakeba. 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 from which Fiji's longtime Prime Minister and President, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara (1920-2004), hailed.
The Tongan-Fijian warlord Enele Ma'afu, who conquered much of eastern and northern Fiji in the mid-1800s, is buried in Tubou, as are Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (1888-1958), Fiji's first modern statesman, and Mara himself. Many early Christian missionaries are also buried in Tubou.
Near Tubou is the village of Levuka. Not to be confused with its namesake, Fiji's old capital, it is home to a fishing tribe whose ancestors came from Bau Island.