Vaifanua County is a
county
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in the
Eastern District in
American Samoa
American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the International ...
.
Vaifanua and
Sua counties are both ruled by the Le’iato family, one branch of which lives in
Fagaitua, the principal place of Sua County. Another lives in
Sa'ilele
Sa'ilele is a village on the north shore in the Eastern District of Tutuila Island in American Samoa. It is reached from a cross-island road which leads north from the village of Faga'itua. By turning off at the pass, the turn-off takes you down ...
near
Aoa, which is the principal place of Vaifanua County. These two Le’iato family branches, along with two orators from each, conduct the affairs of government for the two counties.
Demographics
Vaifanua County was first recorded beginning with the 1912 special census. Regular decennial censuses were taken beginning in 1920. For 1970, Vaifanua County was split in two: East Vaifanua County (which encompassed the 4 villages of
Alao
Alao is a village on the narrow east coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located close to the island's easternmost point, just to the north of Aunu'u Island. Alao is home to white sand beaches, and is one of the oldest settlements in ...
,
Aoa,
Onenoa and
Tula
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Geography
Antarctica
*Tula Mountains
*Tula Point
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Iran
* Tula, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province
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) and West Vaifanua County (which encompassed the single village of
Vatia
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).
For that 1970 census, East Vaifanua County reported 1,163 residents and West Vaifanua County reported 391 residents. They were merged back effective with the 1980 census.
Villages
*
Alao
Alao is a village on the narrow east coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located close to the island's easternmost point, just to the north of Aunu'u Island. Alao is home to white sand beaches, and is one of the oldest settlements in ...
*
Aoa
*
Onenoa
*
Tula
Tula may refer to:
Geography
Antarctica
*Tula Mountains
*Tula Point
India
*Tulā, a solar month in the traditional Indian calendar
Iran
* Tula, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province
Italy
* Tula, Sardinia, municipality (''comune'') in the pr ...
*
Vatia
The gens Servilia was a patrician family at ancient Rome. The gens was celebrated during the early ages of the Republic, and the names of few gentes appear more frequently at this period in the consular Fasti. It continued to produce men of inf ...
References
Populated places in American Samoa
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