Western District
The Western District is one of the three primary divisions of American Samoa. It consists of the western portion of Tutuila Island. It has a land area of 74.781 km2 and contains 29 villages plus a part of Nuʻuuli village.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: district of American Samoa with 32,400 residents
- Description: district of American Samoa
- Also known as: “Western District, American Samoa”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fagalele Boys School and Atauloma Girls School.
Fagalele Boys School
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Fagalele Boys School, in Leone, American Samoa, is a historic building that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is a church school built by the London Missionary Society, perhaps as early as 1850–1856, but before 1900. Fagalele Boys School is situated 2 miles southwest of Western District.
Atauloma Girls School
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Atauloma Girls School is a historic parochial school building in Afao village on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, United States. The London Missionary Society opened it in 1900 as the second secondary school on Tutuila, and the first to admit girls. Atauloma Girls School is situated 2½ miles west of Western District.
Tau
Peak
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Tau is a peak, which is situated 2½ miles east of Western District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tafuna and Leone.
Tafuna
Town
Photo: Eddy23, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tafuna is a village in Tualauta County, Western District, American Samoa. It is the most populous village in American Samoa, with a population of 7,988 according to the 2020 U.S. census. Tafuna is situated 3 miles east of Western District.
Leone
Village
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leone is the second-largest city on Tutuila Island's west coast. The village is on the south-west coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. Leone was the ancient capital of Tutuila Island.
Faleniu
Village
Faleniu is a village in the west of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located inland from the village of Tafuna, in Tuālāuta County. Its name translates to "the home in the palm grove." Another translation is "House of coconuts".
Western District
- Location: American Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Western District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Western District”
- Chinese: “西区 (美属萨摩亚)”
- Chinese: “西区”
- Dutch: “Western District”
- French: “District de Western District”
- French: “district occidental”
- French: “District occidental”
- Italian: “distretto Occidentale”
- Italian: “Distretto Occidentale”
- Japanese: “西地区 (アメリカ領サモア)”
- Polish: “Dystrykt Zachodni”
- Russian: “Западный округ”
- Samoan: “Itumalo i Sisifo, Amerika Samoa”
- Sinhala: “බටහිර දිස්ත්රික්කය, ඇමරිකානු සැමෝවා”
- Slovenian: “Western District”
- Slovenian: “Zahodni distrikt”
- Spanish: “Western District”
- Swedish: “Västra distriktet”
- Tagalog: “Kanluraning Distrito”
- Tatar: “Көнбатыш округы”
- Turkish: “Batı Bölgesi, Amerikan Samoası”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Olotele Mountain and Lago Spring.
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