Faleasi'u is one of the largest village settlements on the island of

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. 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

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(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

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converts to the

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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

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on the island of Savai'i.

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