Le'auva'a

Le'auva'a
Village
Le'auva'a is located in Samoa
Le'auva'a
Le'auva'a
Location in Samoa
Coordinates: 13°48′00″S 171°52′19″W / 13.80000°S 171.87194°W / -13.80000; -171.87194
Country Samoa
DistrictGaga'emauga
Population
 (2016)
 • Total3,274
Time zone-11

Le'auva'a ('the people from the boat')[1] is a village on the island of Upolu in Samoa. The population is 3274.[2]

Although the village, with an area of 5.558 km2,[3] is geographically located on Upolu, the village is politically (and historically) part of the political district of Gaga'emauga on the island of Savai'i,[4] as is the neighbouring village of Saleimoa. The village was founded by people relocated to Upolu during the 1905—1911 eruption of Mt Matavanu, with Le'auva'a being founded by villagers from Mauga and Samalaeʻulu.[1]

Salamumu is another settlement on Upolu island which was also relocated from Savai'i following the volcanic eruptions.

Le'auva'a is part of the electoral constituency (faipule district) of Sagaga 3.[5]

  1. ^ a b Fepuleai, Aleni; Weber, Eberhard; Nemeth, Karoly; Muliaina, Tolu (2016). "Eruption Styles of Samoan Volcanoes Represented in Tattooing, Language and Cultural Activities of the Indigenous People". Geoheritage. 9 (3): 395-411. doi:10.1007/s12371-016-0204-1. S2CID 164339457. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Census 2016 Preliminary count" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ [1], page 56
  4. ^ "Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963". Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Electoral Constituencies Act 2019" (PDF). Parliament of Samoa. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2021.