Faleasiu

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Faleasi'u
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Faleasi'u
Coordinates: 13°48′26″S171°55′42″W / 13.80722°S 171.92833°W / -13.80722; -171.92833
Country Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
District A'ana
Population
 (2016)
 • Total4,177
Time zone -11
Faleasi'u includes sub-villages Safee, Sapulu, Lealalii, Moamoa, Tauo'o

Faleasi'u is one of the largest village settlements on the island of Upolu in Samoa. It is located on the northwestern coast of the island and has a population of 4177. [1]

Faleasi'u is part of A'ana Alofi 1 Electoral Constituency (Faipule District) which forms the larger political district of A'ana. [2]

Faleasi'u consists of five sub-villages pito nu'u: Safee, Sapulu, Lealalii, Moamoa, and Tauo'o.

The Samoan historian Teo Tuvale (1855–1919) was born in Faleasiu. Tuvale's father, Vaaelua Petaia (1822–1881) was the first pastor in the village. Petaia was one of the first Samoan Christian converts to the London Missionary Society and an early student at Malua Theological College. Following Petaia's death in 1881, his son Faleto'ese became the second pastor in the village. [3] Petaia's father was from Lalomalava on the island of Savai'i.

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References

  1. ↑ "Census 2016 Preliminary count" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. p. 7. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Electoral Constituencies Act 2019" (PDF). Parliament of Samoa. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  3. ↑ Fairbairn-Dunlop, Peggy (1998). Tamaitai Samoa: their stories. University of the South Pacific. ISBN   982-02-0137-3 . Retrieved 23 January 2010.
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