Samalaeʻulu

Samalaeʻulu is a village on the northeast side of Savaiʻi island in Samoa.

The village is situated on the main island highway about a 40-minutes drive north west from Salelologa ferry terminal and township and is part of the electoral constituency (Faipule District) of Gaga'emauga 1.

[2] The villages name sa malae ulu means "this place used to be dominated by breadfruit trees".

[3] During the volcanic eruption of Mt Matavanu (1905 - 1911), lava flowed between Samalae'ulu and Saleaula to the west, forcing villagers to move from the coast to its present inland location.

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Samalaeʻulu inland and the south east of the black lava fields along the coastline. ( NASA photo, 2009