Saleia 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 forms part of the larger political district of
Gaga'emauga.
The population of Saleia is 221.
Saleia is a sub-village ''pito nu'u'' of the larger traditional village district of
Matautu
Matautu is the name of different villages in Samoa. Places named Matautu are found on the two largest islands, Upolu and Savaiʻi.
Matautu, Upolu Island
On Upolu island;
*Matautu, a village located on the central north coast of the island to t ...
which includes the villages of
Avao,
Lelepa,
Fagamalo,
Safa'i and more recently
Satoʻalepai. Saleia is at the west end of Matautu, towards the popular tourist
beach fale
A beach fale is a simple thatched hut in the architecture of Samoa. Beach fales are also common in other parts of Polynesia. They have become popular in tourism as a low budget accommodation situated by the coast, built with a few posts, no walls ...
village of
Manase.
Notes
Populated places in Gaga'emauga
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