Tuamasaga

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Satellite image of Upolu Island with the Tuamasaga district

Tuamasaga (abbreviation: TUA) is located on the island of Upolu and with an area of ​​479 km² and a population of 89,582 (as of November 2011) is the largest district (itūmālō) of the island state of Samoa . The population density is 174 inhabitants / km².

Geographical location

Location of Tuamasaga in Samoa

Tuamasaga is located in the western center of Upolu and extends from the south coast to the north coast. In the east the district borders on Atua , in the west on A'ana , also on two exclaves of Gaga'emauga and in the north and south on the Pacific Ocean .

Traditional outline

Tuamasaga was traditionally divided into five sub-districts, three in the north and two in the south:

Sub-districts with the city of Apia and villages:

                          Tuamasaga North
Vaimauga Valeata Sagaga
  • Vaiala
  • Moataa
  • Magiagi
  • Vailele
  • Letogo
  • Laulii
  • Apia
  • Tanugamanono
  • Vailoa
  • Lepea
  • Vaiusu
  • Vaimoso
  • Toamua
  • Faleula
  • Malie
  • Afega
  • Tuanai
  • Leauvaa
  • Saleimoa
    Tuamasaga South
Siumu Safata
  • Siumu
  • Mulivai
  • Fausaga
  • Tafitoala
  • Fusi
  • Vaie'e
  • Nuusuatia
  • Lotofaga
  • Sataoa
  • Saanapu
Tuamasaga on the map from 1924

Villages

List of the villages (as well as the only town Apia) with population that are in the Tuamasaga district:

Village population Remarks
Apia (city) 36,735 Capital of Samoa
Malie 2,189
Vaiusu 2,043
Afega 1,895

Population development

The development of the population in Tuamasaga from 1981 to 2011. The censuses always took place in November:

1981 1991 1991 2001 2011
64,845 68,074 83.191 85.112 89,582

Worth seeing

Beach on the north coast of Tuamasaga

The Papapai-uta waterfall, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP), the Robert Louis Stevenson's Museum, the Cross Island Road and the Bahá'í House of Worship are particularly worth seeing in the district .

Trivia

The Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson , who spent his final years in Samoa, and the Samoan head of state Tanumafili II are both buried in this district of Samoa.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c General, geography, etc.
  2. ↑ An Account of Samoan History up to 1918: Tuamasaga North
  3. ↑ An Account of Samoan History up to 1918: Tuamasaga South
  4. ↑ Worth seeing
  5. ↑ Robert Louis Stevenson and Tanumafili II.

Coordinates: 13 ° 55 ′  S , 171 ° 48 ′  W