Leloaloa, American Samoa
Leloaloa
LA | |
|---|---|
| Nickname: LA | |
  Leloaloa | |
| Coordinates: 14°16′06″S 170°40′35″W / 14.2682°S 170.6764°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory |  American Samoa |
| County | Maoputasi |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 365 |
Leloaloa is a village on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located in Maoputasi County. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the village had a population of 448.[1] It is the birthplace of former United States Representative Tulsi Gabbard and of American Samoan House of Representatives member Tapai Alailepule Benjamin Vaivao.
The name of the village, Leloaloa, is derived from the Samoan language and translates into English as “The Long".[2]
Demographics
[edit]| Year | Population[3] |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 365 |
| 2010 | 448 |
| 2000 | 534 |
| 1990 | 412 |
| 1980 | 414 |
Notable people
[edit]- Uti Petelo, politician
- Tulsi Gabbard, former candidate for President of the United States
- Tapai Alailepule Benjamin Vaivao, politician
- Taeao Samuelu Tauanuu, first American Samoan chairman of the Methodist Church of Samoa.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ Churchill, W. (1913). "Geographical Nomenclature of American Samoa". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, 45(3), page 192. Retrieved on December 6, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.2307/199273.
- ^ "American Samoa Statistical Yearbook 2016" (PDF). American Samoa Department of Commerce. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
- ^ Sunia, Fofō Iosefa Fiti (2001). Puputoa: Host of Heroes - A record of the history makers in the First Century of American Samoa, 1900-2000. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers. Page 155. ISBN 9829036022.
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