Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Levuka Historical Port Town' has mentioned 'Pacific' in the following places:
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| LevukaBeach Street, LevukaLevukaLocation in FijiCoordinates: 17xc2xb041xe2x80xb202xe2x80xb3S 178xc2xb050xe2x80xb224xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf17.684014xc2xb0S 178.840127xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / -17.684014; 178.840127CountryFijiIslandOvalauDivisionEastern DivisionProvinceLomaiviti ProvincePopulationxc2xa0(2007 Census)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0City1,131xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Urban4,397 UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficial nameLevuka Historical Port TownTypeCulturalCriteriaii, ivDesignated2013 (37th session)Referencexc2xa0no.1399State PartyFijiRegionAsia and the Pacific | WIKI |
| Levuka's Royal Hotel is the oldest hotel in the South Pacific still operating. | WIKI |
| The oldest Masonic lodge in the South Pacific, Lodge Polynesia 562 SC, is also to be found in Levuka. | WIKI |
| Levuka's status as a stopover port for ocean vessels crossing the Pacific came to an end in the 1950s, threatening the town with economic extinction. | WIKI |
| In 1964, however, the Pacific Fishing Company (PAFCO) was founded by a Japanese firm, specialising in freezing and shipping canned tuna, mostly to markets in Europe and Canada. | WIKI |
| Other well-known landmarks include Sacred Heart Church, a legacy of the Marist Fathers, who arrived in 1858, the Ovalau Club, one of the oldest social organisations in the Pacific, and Levuka Town Hall, which houses the Levuka Town Council. | WIKI |
| Development continued beyond removal of the capital to Suva in 1882 as companies continued to establish bases at Levuka, reflecting all stages of colonial development in the South Pacific. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (ii): Levuka Historical Port Town exhibits the important interchange of human values and cultural contact that took place as part of the process of European maritime expansion over the 19th century in the geo-cultural region of the Pacific Islands. | UNESCO |
| It is a rare example of a late colonial port town, which illustrates the cultural hybridity of non-settler communities in the Pacific, with an urban plan that merges local settlement traditions with colonial standards. | UNESCO |
| As a specific type of Pacific port settlement, which reflects the late 19th century stages of maritime colonization, Levuka provides insights to the adaptation of European naval powers to a specific oceanic social, cultural and topographic environment. | UNESCO |
| The combination of colonial settlement typologies with the local building tradition has created a special type of Pacific port town landscape. | UNESCO |