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Lalomanu is a village on the east coast of Upolu 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'') Aleipata Itupa i Luga which is within the larger political district of
Atua Atua are the gods and spirits of the Polynesian people such as the Māori or the Hawaiians (see also ). The literal meaning of the Polynesian word is "power" or "strength" and so the concept is similar to that of '' mana''. Many of the atua ...
. It has a population of 712. Lalomanu is approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes drive from the
Apia Apia () is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Samoa. It is located on the central north coast of Upolu, Samoa's second-largest island. Apia falls within the political district (''itūmālō'') of Tuamasaga. The Apia Urban A ...
, the country's capital.


2009 Samoa tsunami

Lalomanu was heavily damaged in the 2009 Samoa tsunami with fatalities following an earthquake south of the
Samoa Islands The Samoan Islands () are an archipelago covering in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region of Oceania. Administratively, the archipelago comprises all of the Independent State of Samoa and most of Americ ...
on 29 September 2009.


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www.lalomanuvillage.ws
Populated places in Atua (district) {{Samoa-geo-stub