Lelepa, Samoa

Fale tele, Samoan meeting house, Lelepa village, 2009.

Situated by the sea, Lelepa is a village on the north central coast of Savai'i island in Samoa.[1] The village is part of the electoral constituency (Faipule District) Gaga'emauga III which forms part of the larger political district of Gaga'emauga.

The population of Lelepa is 233 (2006 Census).[2]

Lelepa is a sub-village pito nu'u of the larger traditional village district of Matautu which includes the villages of Fagamalo, Avao, Saleia, Safa'i and more recently Sato'alepai.

References

  1. "Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963". Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  2. "Population and Housing Census Report 2006" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. July 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

Coordinates: 13°27′S 172°20′W / 13.450°S 172.333°W / -13.450; -172.333


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