Le'auva'a

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Le'auva'a ('the people from the boat'){{cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309542007 |title=Eruption Styles of Samoan Volcanoes Represented in Tattooing, Language and Cultural Activities of the Indigenous People |last1=Fepuleai |first1=Aleni |last2=Weber |first2=Eberhard |last3=Nemeth |first3=Karoly |last4=Muliaina |first4=Tolu |journal=Geoheritage |volume=9 |issue=3 |page=395-411 |date=2016 |access-date=30 July 2021 |doi=10.1007/s12371-016-0204-1|s2cid=164339457 }} is a village on the island of Upolu in Samoa. The population is 3274.{{cite web |url=https://www.sbs.gov.ws/digi/1-Preliminary%20count%20report%202016.V2.pdf |title=Census 2016 Preliminary count |publisher=Samoa Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=3 August 2021}}

Although the village, with an area of 5.558 km2,[http://www.sbs.gov.ws/mwg-internal/de5fs23hu73ds/progress?id=yB_twy5QnQL4xW5uywc0M-mIxhUHAQkgxjNTqLEdsCw,&dl], page 56 is geographically located on Upolu, the village is politically (and historically) part of the political district of Gaga'emauga on the island of Savai'i,{{cite web

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|title=Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963

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}} as is the neighbouring village of Saleimoa. The village was founded by people relocated to Upolu during the 1905—1911 eruption of Mt Matavanu, with Le'auva'a being founded by villagers from Mauga and Samalaeʻulu.

Salamumu is another settlement on Upolu island which was also relocated from Savai'i following the volcanic eruptions.

Le'auva'a is part of the electoral constituency (faipule district) of Sagaga 3.{{cite web |url=https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Constituencies-Act-2019-Eng.pdf |title=Electoral Constituencies Act 2019 |publisher=Parliament of Samoa |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=11 September 2021}}

Notable people

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Category:Populated places in Gaga'emauga

Category:Enclaves and exclaves

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