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Lealataua County, American Samoa
Lealataua County is a county in the Western District in American Samoa. Demographics Lealataua County was first recorded beginning with the 1912 special census. Regular decennial censuses were taken beginning in 1920. Villages *Afao (including Atauloma) * Amaluia * 'Āmanave *Asili * Fagaili'i *Fagamalo * Agagulu *Failolo * Leone *Poloa * Nua * Seetaga Landmarks *Atauloma Girls School, in Atauloma * Cape Taputapu National Natural Landmark, westernmost point on Tutuila Island *Fagalele Boys School: May be the oldest building on Tutuila Island. *Leone Congregational Christian Church (Siona), church in Leone with a historic monument dedicated to John Williams *Leone Falls, waterfall in Leone *Leone Healing Garden, in Leone *Mauga o Alii (Mountain of Chiefs), in Leone *Palagi Beach, beach in 'Āmanave *Poloa Defensive Fortifications The Poloa Defensive Fortifications are a set of historic military structures on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa. Consisting of three conc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Samoa Lealataua County
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poloa, American Samoa
Poloa is a village in American Samoa. It is located at the west side of Tutuila in the Alataua District. The village has 193 residents in 2010. The main denominations in the area are Methodist and Christian. Poloa has one elementary school. It is located in Lealataua County. According to history, Since American culture was introduced, many Poloa villagers worked at shipyards of Germans and Americans. Poloa is at the western terminus of American Samoa Highway 001. It is situated on a narrow coastal plain on Tutuila Island's western tip, nine miles west of Pago Pago. The village is made up of wood-frame homes and traditional fales. A school is located at the shoreline, approximately 700 ft. south of the village center. This elementary school has an enrollment of around 160 and also serves Poloa's neighboring villages. Due to the village's flatlands being ideal for development, the school was erected near the shore. Etymology The name ''Poloa'' denotes that once the sun sets ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poloa Defensive Fortifications
The Poloa Defensive Fortifications are a set of historic military structures on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa. Consisting of three concrete pillboxes along the beach, these fortifications were built by American Marines as part of a system of defenses against a feared Japanese amphibious invasion of Samoa during the early part of World War II. The Poloa pillboxes stand out from other emplacements on Tutuila for their relatively less robust construction, possibly reflecting American tactical planning for greater defense in depth at this location. The threat of invasion eased by late 1942, and the fortifications never saw combat.. The Poloa fortifications were added to the United States National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leone Healing Garden
The Leone Healing Garden (or Garden of Healing) is a garden memorial in Leone dedicated to those who lost their lives in the 2009 tsunami. The Healing Garden is meant to allow families of the victims of the tsunami to have a place "where they can grieve and celebrate life at the same time". The first chair of the garden was Ipu Avegalio Lefiti and the project manager is Makerita Enesi. The garden contains plants, a sculpture made by Patrick Mafo'e, and plaques with the names of the 11 people who died in the tsunami. The Healing Garden was begun in 2010 and was built on a site where much of the damage caused by the tsunami occurred. Some of the original funding came from the Nuanua Recovery Project. The garden was opened in 2012. In 2013, the garden received 30 plants in celebration of Earth Day Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Williams (missionary)
John Williams (29 June 1796 – 20 November 1839) was an English missionary, active in the Oceania, South Pacific. Early life He was born in Tottenham, near London, to Welsh parents. In 1810 the family moved to north London and there he served as a clerk to an iron foundry. He also took some interest in smithing. There his employer's wife first took him to church and he was immediately drawn to this, and the pastor, Rev Nathan Wilks, enrolled him in a class to prepare for the ministry. However, his heart quickly became set on missionary work. In September 1816, the London Missionary Society (LMS) commissioned him as a missionary in a service held at Surrey Chapel, London. South Pacific missionary On 17 November 1816, John Williams and his wife, Mary Chawner Williams, set sail from London to voyage to the Society Islands, a group of islands that included Tahiti, accompanied by William Ellis (author), William Ellis and his wife. Travelling via Sydney in Australia they initiall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fagalele Boys School
The Fagalele Boys School, in Leone, American Samoa, is a historic building that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is a church school built by the London Missionary Society The London Missionary Society was an interdenominational evangelical missionary society formed in England in 1795 at the instigation of Welsh Congregationalist minister Edward Williams. It was largely Reformed in outlook, with Congregational m ..., perhaps as early as 1850–1856, but before 1900. It was the first secondary school in what is now American Samoa, and it perhaps is the oldest surviving building on Tutuila Island. It is a U-shaped building fitting within an rectangle, apparently built of reinforced concrete or of rocks with a cement-plaster exterior. and See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in American Samoa References Schools in American Samoa Tutuila Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Taputapu
Cape Taputapu (Samoan: Tolotolo i Taputapu) is the name of a cape located in the Western District of American Samoa. Located in Tutuila, it is the island's westernmost point. The cape was designated as a National Natural Landmark in 1972. Cape Taputapu is an important site in Samoan legends and also the location of a fruit bat colony. The coastline represents geologic features and an important habitat for intertidal flora and fauna. Taputapu is also the name of a nearby islet known as Taputapu Island. Taputapu means forbidden in Samoan, and the cape was named so as it was the only site on Tutuila where paper mulberry trees were found. The discoverers wanted to keep the site and bark for themselves so they could sell it to other parts of American Samoa. The cape's shoreline features volcanic rocks and blowholes created by the strong wave activity which also created Tutuila Island as a whole. It can be hiked during times of low tide, from a trail located in the village of Poloa. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atauloma Girls School
The Atauloma Girls School is a historic parochial school building in Afao village on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa. The London Missionary Society opened it in 1900 as the second secondary school on Tutuila (after the Fagalele Boys School), and the first to admit girls. For most of its history it prepared girls primarily to be pastors' wives, and after 1913 provided graduates to the nursing school at the naval station at Pago Pago. Its establishment saved Tutuila girls the necessity of travel to Upolu for secondary school, which separated them from their families and exposed them to the dangers of the international port at Apia. Atauloma was abandoned by 1970.. The school was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZION CHURCH IN LEONE, AMERICAN SAMOA
Zion ( he, צִיּוֹן ''Ṣīyyōn'', LXX , also variously transliterated ''Sion'', ''Tzion'', ''Tsion'', ''Tsiyyon'') is a placename in the Hebrew Bible used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole (see Names of Jerusalem). The name is found in 2 Samuel (5:7), one of the books of the Hebrew Bible dated to before or close to the mid-6th century BCE. It originally referred to a specific hill in Jerusalem (Mount Zion), located to the south of Mount Moriah (the Temple Mount). According to the narrative of 2 Samuel 5, Mount Zion held the Jebusite fortress of the same name that was conquered by David and was renamed the City of David. That specific hill ("mount") is one of the many squat hills that form Jerusalem, which also includes Mount Moriah (the Temple Mount), the Mount of Olives, etc. Over many centuries, until as recently as the Ottoman era, the city walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt many times in new locations, so that the particular hill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beach Between Poloa Amanave
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae. Sediments settle in different densities and structures, depending on the local wave action and weather, creating different textures, colors and gradients or layers of material. Though some beaches form on inland freshwater locations such as lakes and rivers, most beaches are in coastal areas where wave or current action deposits and reworks sediments. Erosion and changing of beach geologies happens through natural processes, like wave action and extreme weather events. Where wind conditions are correct, beaches can be backed by coastal dunes which offer protection and regeneration for the beach. However, these natural forces have become more extreme due to climate change, permanently altering beaches at very rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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