Vailoa | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Vailoa | |
| Coordinates: 13°45′21″S 172°18′23″W / 13.75583°S 172.30639°W | |
| Country |  Samoa |
| District | Palauli |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 784 |
| Time zone | -11 |
Vailoa (Vailoa i Palauli) is a village on the island of Savaiʻi in Samoa. Vailoa is the capital of Palauli district on the south east of the island.[1] The population is 784.[2]
Vailoa attained the status of Pule (traditional political authority) sometime in the 19th century. The village is associated with the chiefly title of Lilomaiava.[1] It is referred to as Vailoa i Palauli (Vailoa in Palau district).
Like most villages in Samoa, the local economy is based on subsistence living. The people live off their land from crops grown in plantations behind the village or fishing.[3]
- ^ a b [1] The Growth and Collapse of Pacific Island Societies by Patrick Vinton Kirch, Jean-Louis Rallu, p.222. Retrieved 6 November 2009
- ^ "Census 2016 Preliminary count" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ [2] GEF small grants programme, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)