Itu'ti'u is one of the seven districts on the island of Rotuma

Rotuma

Rotuma is a Fijian dependency, consisting of Rotuma Island and nearby islets. The island group is home to a small but unique indigenous ethnic group which constitutes a recognizable minority within the population of Fiji, known as "Rotumans"...

, a dependency

Dependent territory

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 of Fiji

Fiji

Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

. Rotuma's capital

Capital City

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, the village of Ahau

Ahau

Ahau may refer to:*Ajaw, a political rulership title from the Maya civilization*Ahau, the government station of Rotuma, a Fijian Dependency* Kinich Ahau, the 16th-century Yucatec name of the Maya sun god...

, is located in this district. It also includes the villages of Savlei, Lau, Feavai, Tuakoi, Motusa

Motusa

Motusa is a group of close villages in the district of Itu'tiu, on the island of Rotuma, one of the islands of Fiji. Rotuma is made up of two volcanic landmasses connected by a sandy isthmus, on which Motusa is located....

, Ropure, Melsa'a, and Losa.

Itu'ti'u is the largest district by area and by population. Its name means "Big District" in the Rotuman language

Rotuman language

Rotuman, also referred to as Rotunan, Rutuman or Fäeag Rotuma, is an Austronesian language spoken by the indigenous people of the South Pacific island group of Rotuma, an island with a Polynesian-influenced culture that was incorporated as a dependency into the Colony of Fiji in 1881...

, and is traditionally ranked third in terms of chiefly precedence, determined by consumption order in the politically charged kava ceremony

Kava culture

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. This was determined by its successful allegiance in the Rotuman Religious Wars between the Roman Catholic districts of Juju

Juju (district)

Juju is one of the seven districts on the island of Rotuma, a dependency of Fiji. It includes the villages of Juju, Toai, and Haga....

 and Pepjei

Pepjei

Pepjei is one of the seven districts on the island of Rotuma, a dependency of Fiji. It includes the villages of Ujia, Uanheta, and Avave....

, (collectively referred to as Faguta), against the predominantly Wesleyan

Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma

The Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma is the largest Christian denomination in Fiji, with 36.2 percent of the total population at the 1996 census...

 districts alliance, led by the chiefs

Gagaja

Gagaja is a Rotuman word denoting the position of "Chief" or "Lord". This could be a formal chiefly position in one of the seven districts or a village chief as well as to anyone else, such as the Chairman of the Rotuma Island Council to whom respect and deference is owed based on their own...

 of Noa'tau, Oinafa

Oinafa

Oinafa is one of the seven districts on the island of Rotuma, a dependency of Fiji. It includes the villages of Oinafa, Lopta, and Paptea....

, Malha'a, Itu'muta

Itu'muta

Itu'muta is one of the seven districts on the island of Rotuma, a dependency of Fiji. It includes the villages of Maftoa and Lopo....

and Itu'tiu.