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Leloaloa
LA | |
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| Nickname: LA | |
  Leloaloa | |
| Coordinates: 14°16′06″S 170°40′35″W / 14.2682°S 170.6764°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| Territory |  American Samoa |
| County | Maoputasi |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 365 |
Leloaloa is a village on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located in Maoputasi County. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the village had a population of 448.[1] It is the birthplace of former United States Representative Tulsi Gabbard 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".[2]
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ Churchill, W. (1913). "Geographical Nomenclature of American Samoa". Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, 45(3), page 192. Retrieved on December 6, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.2307/199273.