Faleu

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Faleu is one of four small villages on Manono Island in Samoa. The village population is 354 (2006 Census).[1]

The other villages on Manono island are Lepuia'i, Apai and Salua. All the settlements on Manono Island fall within the political district of Aiga-i-le-Tai.[2]

There are also sub divisions within these villages that notes the pito nu'u or smaller areas within the villages. Manono Tai is the local and traditional term for this island, as the word Tai means 'distance from land'. Manono Uta is where the mainland (Upolu Island) is situated.

Despite the geographic separation of Manono Uta and Manono Tai, the people are one village with close kinship and history. The inhabitants on Manono Uta are family, kin of those who reside on Manono Tai.

Manono island is one of three isles in the Apolima Strait separating the country's two main islands Upolu and Savai'i. The other islands in the strait are Apolima and the tiny uninhabited islet of Nu'ulopa.

References

  1. ↑ "Population and Housing Census Report 2006". Samoa Bureau of Statistics. July 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2009. 
  2. ↑ "Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963". Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 15 December 2009. 

Coordinates: 13°52′S 172°06′W / 13.867°S 172.100°W / -13.867; -172.100

Traditional centre: Manono Island
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Archaeology in Samoa
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Electoral constituency: Faipule District
  • Aiga-i-le-Tai


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