Lepeais a village on the island ofUpoluinSamoa.The picturesque settlement of round Samoan houses built in a concentric pattern in large open grounds (malae) is situated 5 minutes drive west of the capitalApiaon the north central coast of the island. It is part of theTuamasagaelectoral district.
Lepea
Piula | |
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Village | |
 Round Samoan meeting houses (fale tele)with blue painted roofs in Lepea village withMount Vaeabeyond, the burial place ofRobert Louis Stevenson. | |
  Lepea
Piula | |
| Coordinates:13°50′S171°47′W/ 13.833°S 171.783°W | |
| Country |  Samoa |
| District | Tuamasaga |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 606 |
| Time zone | -11 |
The village population is 606.[1]
A significant and high-rankingmataichief title from this village isFaumuina(le Tupufia) and the traditional residence for the title is in Lepea. The paramount chiefly title is the highest-ranking title in the Faleata district and has been held by important national leaders in the country's history, including the first Prime Minister of Samoa,Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II(1921 - 1975) who lived in the village and whose state funeral was also held here. His father, also aparamount chiefand a previous holder of the title wasMata'afa Faumuina Fiame Mulinu'u I,a leader of the country's pro-independenceMau movement.[2]Both leaders also held theparamount chieftitleMata'afa- one of the fourtama-a-'aigatitles of Samoa, as well asFiamefromLotofaga.
The tiered stone tomb of another paramount chief and Mau leader,Tupua Tamasese Lealofi IIIis beside the main road in the village.
References
edit- ^"Census 2016 Preliminary count"(PDF).Samoa Bureau of Statistics. p. 7.Retrieved2 August2021.
- ^Meleisea, Malama (1987).The Making of Modern Samoa.University of the South Pacific. p. 247.ISBN982-02-0031-8.Retrieved1 July2010.
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