ʻAoa, American Samoa

Coordinates: 14°15′56″S 170°35′2″W / 14.26556°S 170.58389°W / -14.26556; -170.58389
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ʻAoa
Village
UTC−11 (Samoa Time Zone)
ZIP code
96799
Area code+1 684

ʻAoa is a

Vaifanua County.[3]

Over 40 ancient star mounds have been discovered in the bush near ʻAoa. Village chiefs believe these elevated stone platforms were used in the ancient chiefly sport of pigeon-snaring. Archeologists believe they served as military lookouts due to their placement at strategic vantage points, perhaps as a military lookout for enemy canoes. Besides the star mounds, lepita pottery has been discovered in ʻAoa. Some estimates date some of the potshards discovered here to 2000 BCE, while most of the scientific community dates them to 500 BCE. The Department of Tourism operated a camp site here complete with showers and barbecue facilities. The campsite was however closed as of 1994.[4]

It is one of few places in American Samoa with remaining patches of mangrove forest. The largest such forests are found in Nuʻuuli and Leone.

ʻAoa is adjacent to Faʻalefu, a neighboring village which shares ʻAoa Bay.

History

In 1942,

fale. Eventually, Lippe fell in love with Malele, the chief's daughter. At the time the young Marine was called off to war, his wife was pregnant. After World War II, he made an attempt to visit American Samoa, but was told no one was allowed to settle in the islands without the Naval Governor's permission. His request was initially denied but was later accepted when he managed to get in contact with the Chief of Naval Operations in Washington.[5]

Geography

The steep and mountainous terrain of the northern coast separates the villages along this coast from

Pago Pago and other Tutuila villages. A narrow and unpaved road (as of 1975) connects ʻAoa with its neighboring villages.[6]

Demographics

Year Population[7]
2010
 855
2000
 507
1990
 491
1980
 304
1970
 271
1960
 202
1950
 194
1940
 141
1930
 137

References

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  3. ISBN 9780824822194
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  4. ISBN 9780864422255
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  5. ISBN 9780980033151
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  6. ^ United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Pacific Ocean Division (1975). Water Resources Development by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in American Samoa, 1975. Division Engineer, U.S. Army Engineer Division, Pacific Ocean, Corps of Engineers. Page 36.
  7. ^ "American Samoa Statistical Yearbook 2016" (PDF). American Samoa Department of Commerce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
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