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. For this reason it has one of the islands longest white sandy beach. Motusa also sits between the Islands two largest bay; Maka Bay to the North and Hapmafau Bay to the South.
Motusa consists of the following places:
- Ạilala
- Agai Maftoa
- Atapisi
- Elseʻe
- Elsio
- Fagmạn
- Farsạu
- Fonmạn
- Hamatua
- Haroa
- Islepi
- Jumjumi
- Leitunoa
- Lum'ava
- Malniu[1]
- Mofmanu
- Tạnmohini
- Tia
- Tuifiriga
- Salagvaka
- Samoa
- Uanheta
- Upu
Motusa also has a primary school[2] known as Motusa District School, that consist of Year 1 to Year 8. Motusa is about one kilometer southwest of Ahau, the government station, which is also the location of the island's post office, and a small hospital. Ahau is now the administrative center of Rotuma, although for a long time Motusa, being the largest settlement, and one of the best moorings, was the centre of most business transactions and industry.[3]
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- ^ Churchward, C. Maxwell (1938). "The History of Rotuma as Reflected in Its Language". Oceania. 9 (1): 79–88. ISSN 0029-8077.