Le'auva'a Explained

Official Name:Le'auva'a
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Samoa
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Samoa
Subdivision Name: Samoa
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Gaga'emauga
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:3274
Timezone:-11
Coordinates:-13.8°N -171.8719°W

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]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Eruption Styles of Samoan Volcanoes Represented in Tattooing, Language and Cultural Activities of the Indigenous People . Fepuleai . Aleni . Weber . Eberhard . Nemeth . Karoly . Muliaina . Tolu . Geoheritage . 9 . 3 . 395-411 . 2016 . 30 July 2021 . 10.1007/s12371-016-0204-1. 164339457 .
  2. Web site: Census 2016 Preliminary count . Samoa Bureau of Statistics . 3 August 2021.
  3. http://www.sbs.gov.ws/mwg-internal/de5fs23hu73ds/progress?id=yB_twy5QnQL4xW5uywc0M-mIxhUHAQkgxjNTqLEdsCw,&dl
  4. Web site: Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963 . Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute . 15 December 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605081449/http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act/tca1963317/ . 5 June 2011 .
  5. Web site: Electoral Constituencies Act 2019 . Parliament of Samoa . 31 January 2019 . 11 September 2021.