Gagaʻifomauga

Gagaʻifomauga
Basic data
Country	Samoa
Capital	A'opo
surface	365 km²
Residents	4770
density	13 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	WS-GI
	The districts of Gagaʻifomauga and Gagaʻemauga in Savaiʻi ( NASA photo from 348 km altitude)

-13.483333333333 -172.5Coordinates: 13 ° 29 ′ S , 172 ° 30 ′ W

Gagaʻifomauga is a political district (itūmālō; electoral district) of Samoa , on the island of Savaiʻi . The district is located on the north coast of the island and had 4,770 inhabitants at the 2001 population census.

geography

The Gagaʻifomauga District in Samoa.

The Gagaʻifomauga district includes the village communities Aʻopo , Lefagaoaliʻi , Manase , Safune , Safotu , Samauga and Sasina . The main town was traditionally A'opo. Manase, Safotu, Sasina and Safune are on the coast. Samauga lies on a rocky promontory between Safotu and Safune and the settlement A'opo inland.

The village of Manase is a popular tourist destination with popular beach fale overnight stays. There is a hospital in Safotu.

The coastal road connects the villages. To the west, the road turns inland to the village of Sasina. At A'opo there are protected areas around Mount Silisili ( 1858 m ⊙ ), the highest peak in Samoa. Other peaks are Mata o le Afi ( 1640 m ⊙ ) and Mount Mu ( 1620 m ⊙ ). -13.617361111111 -172.49436111111 -13.608944444444 -172.50780555556 -13.608416666667 -172.51663888889

tradition

The Safune area was the location for the 1926 film Moana , one of Robert J. Flaherty's earliest documentaries . The spring basin Mata o le Alelo in the village of Matavai in Safune is associated with the legend of Sina and the eel (Sina ma le Tuna). A leader of the independence movement in the early 19th century, Olaf Frederick Nelson was born in Safune.

In prehistoric times Safotu was settled by chiefs from Tonga .

Constituencies

Gagaʻifomauga is divided into three electoral constituencies:

Gagaʻifomauga No. 1 ( Safotu , Manase )
Gagaʻifomauga No. 2 ( Samauga , Lefagaoaliʻi ; Faletagaloa ( Safune ) and the villages of Paia , Saletele , Lolua , Siʻufaga and Matavai )
Gagaʻifomauga No. 3 ( Aʻopo , Sasina and the villages of Fagaeʻe and Letui )

Personalities

matai Safuneituʻuga Paʻaga Neri , MP and Minister of Communication and Technology in the Legislative Assembly of Samoa (Parliament).
Polataivao Fosi Schmidt (1933–2005), Minister of Labor and father of the MP Laauli Leuatea Polataivao

Individual evidence

^ [1] The Samoa Islands: Constitution, pedigrees and traditions by Augustin Krämer: 72.

Web links

Official Samoa Visitors Bureau website

[test-1] [1] The Samoa Islands: Constitution, pedigrees and traditions by Augustin Krämer: 72.