Leloaloa is a

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. It is located in Maoputasi County. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the village had a population of 448. It is the birthplace of

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and of American Samoan House of Representatives member Tapai Alailepule Benjamin Vaivao. The name of the village, ''Leloaloa'', is derived from the Samoan language and translates into English as “The Long".

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Notable people

* Uti Petelo, politician *

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* Tapai Alailepule Benjamin Vaivao, politician * Taeao Samuelu Tauanuu, first American Samoan chairman of the Methodist Church of Samoa.Sunia, Fofō Iosefa Fiti (2001). ''Puputoa: Host of Heroes - A record of the history makers in the First Century of American Samoa, 1900-2000''. Suva, Fiji: Oceania Printers. Page 155. ISBN 9829036022.

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