Salamumu

Salamumu is a village on the south west coast of Upolu island in Samoa. The village has two settlements, Salamumu Uta (population 338) and Salamumu Tai (population 33).[https://www.sbs.gov.ws/digi/2016_Census_Brief_No.1.pdf#page=43 Samoa Bureau of Statistics: 2016 Census Brief No. 1], S. 42

The village's name is derived from the words sala (fire) and mumu (punishment), and refers to its origin when people from Sale'aula were relocated to Upolu during the 1905—1911 eruption of Mt Matavanu.{{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 |pages=395–411 |date=2016 |access-date=30 July 2021 |doi=10.1007/s12371-016-0204-1|s2cid=164339457 }}

Although the village, area 13.11 km²,[http://www.sbs.gov.ws/mwg-internal/de5fs23hu73ds/progress?id=yB_twy5QnQL4xW5uywc0M-mIxhUHAQkgxjNTqLEdsCw,&dl]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, page56 is geographically located on Upolu, the village is politically (and historically) part of the Gaga'emauga electoral district on the island of Savai'i.{{cite web

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The people of Salamumu still have strong kinship cultural ties to their land on Savai'i.

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