Avao is a village on the north central coast of
Savai'i island in
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
. The village is part of the electoral constituency (''Faipule District'')of Gaga'emauga 2, which is included in the larger political district of
Gaga'emauga.
The population of Avao is 279.
Situated by the sea, Avao is a sub-village ''pito nu'u'' of the larger village district of
Matautu which includes the villages of
Fagamalo,
Lelepa,
Saleia,
Safa'i and more recently
Satoʻalepai.
A turnoff south on the main road in the village leads inland to
Vaipouli College and Itu o Tane Secondary School. The inland road is tarsealed to the schools.
References
Populated places in Gaga'emauga
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