Faleasi'u is one of the largest village settlements on the island of
Upolu in
Samoa. It is located on the northwestern coast of the island and has a population of 4177.
Faleasi'u is part of A'ana Alofi 1 Electoral Constituency (''Faipule District'') which forms the larger political district of
A'ana.
Faleasi'u consists of five sub-villages ''pito nu'u'': Safee, Sapulu, Lealalii, Moamoa, and Tauo'o.
The Samoan historian
Teo Tuvale (1855–1919) was born in Faleasiu. Tuvale's father, Vaaelua Petaia (1822–1881) was the first pastor in the village. Petaia was one of the first Samoan
Christian
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converts to the
London Missionary Society and an early student at Malua Theological College. Following Petaia's death in 1881, his son Faleto'ese became the second pastor in the village.
Petaia's father was from
Lalomalava on the island of
Savai'i.
References
Populated places in A'ana
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