Faleasiu Explained

Official Name:Faleasi'u
Settlement Type:Village district
Pushpin Map:Samoa
Subdivision Name: Samoa
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:A'ana
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:4177
Timezone:-11
Coordinates:-13.8072°N -171.9283°W
Footnotes: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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census 2016 Preliminary count . Samoa Bureau of Statistics . 7 . 2 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Electoral Constituencies Act 2019 . Parliament of Samoa . 31 January 2019 . 12 December 2021 . 4 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211004192918/https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Constituencies-Act-2019-Eng.pdf . dead .
  3. Book: Fairbairn-Dunlop , Peggy . Tamaitai Samoa: their stories. Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop. 1998. University of the South Pacific. 23 January 2010. 982-02-0137-3.