Lotofaga (Lotofagā)
Lotofaga is a village on the south coast of Upolu island in Samoa. Lotofaga is also the name of the larger Lotofaga Electoral Constituency (Faipule District) which includes Lotofaga village and two other villages, Vavau and Matatufu.
The villages and Lotofaga Electoral Constituency all come within the larger political district of Atua.
The population of Lotofaga village is 971.
The population of Lotofaga Electoral Constituency is 1,816.
The first Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II (5 August 1921 – 20 May 1975), a paramount chief, entered politics at the 1957 general election from the Lotofaga Electoral Constituency. The high chief title Fiame is from Lotofaga. His wife was Laulu Fetauimalemau Mata'afa, who was bestowed the chief title of Laulu, also from Lotofaga. At her husband's death in 1975, Laulu Featauimalemau Mata'afa entered politics, winning the Lotofaga seat in the same year and becoming only the second woman in Samoa to become a Member of Parliament.
Their daughter, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, a high chief with the Fiame chief title once held by her father, has been the Member of Parliament for Lotofaga constituency for many years in the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. She is the first woman in Samoa appointed to Cabinet, the first woman to become Deputy Prime Minister and in April 2021, was elected as the nation’s first female Prime Minister.
The villages and Lotofaga Electoral Constituency all come within the larger political district of Atua.
The population of Lotofaga village is 971.
The population of Lotofaga Electoral Constituency is 1,816.
The first Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Mata'afa Faumuina Mulinu'u II (5 August 1921 – 20 May 1975), a paramount chief, entered politics at the 1957 general election from the Lotofaga Electoral Constituency. The high chief title Fiame is from Lotofaga. His wife was Laulu Fetauimalemau Mata'afa, who was bestowed the chief title of Laulu, also from Lotofaga. At her husband's death in 1975, Laulu Featauimalemau Mata'afa entered politics, winning the Lotofaga seat in the same year and becoming only the second woman in Samoa to become a Member of Parliament.
Their daughter, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, a high chief with the Fiame chief title once held by her father, has been the Member of Parliament for Lotofaga constituency for many years in the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. She is the first woman in Samoa appointed to Cabinet, the first woman to become Deputy Prime Minister and in April 2021, was elected as the nation’s first female Prime Minister.
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The population of the Samoan Islands is approximately 250,000. The inhabitants have in common the Samoan language, a culture known as fa'a Samoa, and an indigenous form of governance called fa'amatai. Samoans are one of the largest Polynesian populations in the world, and most are of exclusively Samoan ancestry.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| WST | Samoan tala | T | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
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| EN | English language |
| SM | Samoan language |