Afega
Afega, Samoa | |
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Village | |
  Afega, Samoa | |
| Coordinates:13°48′7″S171°49′18″W/ 13.80194°S 171.82167°W | |
| Country |  Samoa |
| District | Tuamasaga |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 1,998 |
| Time zone | -11 |
Afegais a village on the island ofUpoluinSamoa.It is located on the central north coast of the island to the west of the capitalApiain the countryside. The population is 1998.[1]
Afega is part of electoral constituency (faipule district) Sagaga Le Usoga which is part of the larger political districtTuamasaga.[2]
Sports people[edit]
Afega is the home of some of the great athletes from Samoa, including;
- Alafoti Fa'osiliva,rugby union player for theSamoa SevensandManu Samoa.[3]
- Rita Fatialofa-Paloto,theNew Zealand netball internationaland the head coach for theSamoa national netball team.
- Ulia Ulia,the former rugby union player for the national teamManu Samoa
- Leu Vaetolu, the three times gold medalist inSouth Pacific Games
- Nathan Filemoni Faavae, the New Zealand national champion inmountain bikecompetition.
- Saiaiga Salevalasi Faosiliva Motuloa Maulolo Toevai, Youngest Half-Back inSamoa Women's Rugby Club 2005transferred club from Oriental Bay Wellington. Supporting her along the wayMa'a Nonu&Roy Kinikinilaualso members of Oriental Bay Rugby Club.
- Toafitu Perive,an Olympic weightlifter who competed in the2012 Summer Olympics.
References[edit]
- ^"Census 2016 Preliminary count"(PDF).Samoa Bureau of Statistics. p. 7.Retrieved2 August2021.
- ^"Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963".Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute.Archived fromthe originalon 5 June 2011.Retrieved19 December2009.
- ^Brown, Senara (26 February 2010)."Star Faosilivia inspires, makes parents proud".Samoa Observer.Archived fromthe originalon 7 June 2011.Retrieved20 May2010.
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