Alofau (Samoan: Ālōfau) is a village on the southeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located at the eastern end of Faga'itua Bay, six miles east of Pago Pago, between Pagai and Amouli. It is home to Alofau Village Marine Protected Area. It is an agrarian and traditional village. It is also a poor village with residents with low literacy and high unemployment rates. As of the U.S. Census 2000, the per capita income was $4,357 and 67 percent of children were below the poverty line. 15.6 percent of residents were receiving public assistance.[1] It is lauded as a kava place in the Manu'a Songs.[2] Alofau is located in Sa'Ole County.[3][4]
Alofau Volcano consists of thin-bedded aa and pāhoehoe flows, breccias, dikes, and tuffs exposed in a shield-shaped dome. The volcanic dome covers around 2,4 km2. on the east side of Faga'itua Bay. The volcano is built over a rift zone trending northeast–southwest. The lava flows are thinly bedded primitive olivine basalts, dipping 10-20 degrees away from Alofau village. A dike complex is exposed on the road southeast of Fagaitua village, while another 130 dikes are exposed in a promontory on the north side of Alofau. Large numbers of dikes are also seen south of Alofau village.[9]
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^(PDF). American Samoa Department of Commerce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
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alofau, samoan, Ālōfau, village, southeast, coast, tutuila, island, american, samoa, located, eastern, faga, itua, miles, east, pago, pago, between, pagai, amouli, home, village, marine, protected, area, agrarian, traditional, village, also, poor, village, wit. Alofau Samoan Alōfau is a village on the southeast coast of Tutuila Island American Samoa It is located at the eastern end of Faga itua Bay six miles east of Pago Pago between Pagai and Amouli It is home to Alofau Village Marine Protected Area It is an agrarian and traditional village It is also a poor village with residents with low literacy and high unemployment rates As of the U S Census 2000 the per capita income was 4 357 and 67 percent of children were below the poverty line 15 6 percent of residents were receiving public assistance 1 It is lauded as a kava place in the Manu a Songs 2 Alofau is located in Sa Ole County 3 4 Alofau AlōfauVillageAlofauCoordinates 14 16 45 S 170 36 8 W 14 27917 S 170 60222 W 14 27917 170 60222Country United StatesTerritory American SamoaCountySa OleArea Total0 50 sq mi 1 29 km2 Population 2010 Total646 Density1 300 sq mi 500 km2 Time zoneUTC 11 Samoa Time Zone ZIP code96799Area code 1 684 Alofau Volcano is a major named volcano on Tutuila Island although it is sometimes regarded as part of Pago Volcano 5 6 Great surfing conditions can be found in Faga itua Bay near Alofau 7 An Adventist congregation had been established in the village by 1956 8 Contents 1 Geology 2 Demographics 3 See also 4 ReferencesGeology editAlofau Volcano consists of thin bedded aa and pahoehoe flows breccias dikes and tuffs exposed in a shield shaped dome The volcanic dome covers around 2 4 km2 on the east side of Faga itua Bay The volcano is built over a rift zone trending northeast southwest The lava flows are thinly bedded primitive olivine basalts dipping 10 20 degrees away from Alofau village A dike complex is exposed on the road southeast of Fagaitua village while another 130 dikes are exposed in a promontory on the north side of Alofau Large numbers of dikes are also seen south of Alofau village 9 Demographics editYear Population 10 2010 646 2000 495 1990 458 1980 418 1970 378 1960 316 1950 304 1940 134 1930 103See also editAlofau Village Marine Protected AreaReferences edit Park Clara C and Russell Endo 2005 Asian and Pacific American Education Learning Socialization and Identity IAP Pages 127 128 ISBN 9781607525080 Kramer Augustin 2000 The Samoa Islands An Outline of a Monograph With Particular Consideration of German Samoa University of Hawaii Press Page 435 ISBN 9780824822194 Tu u u Misilugi Tulifau Tofaeono 2002 History of Samoa Islands Supremacy amp Legacy of the Malietoa na Fa alogo i Ai Samoa Tuga ula Publication Page 427 ISBN 9780958219914 Kramer Augustin 2000 The Samoa Islands University of Hawaii Press Page 424 ISBN 9780824822194 https scholarspace manoa hawaii edu bitstream 10125 938 1 v39n4 311 320 pdf Page 4 Nunn Patrick D 1998 Pacific Island Landscapes Page 165 ISBN 9789820201293 Schyma Rosemarie 2013 Sudsee DuMont Reiseverlag Page 268 ISBN 9783770176946 Watt Abbie Le ala Lam Yuen 2000 Tini Trailblazer in the Wake of the Pitcairn Teach Services Inc Page 53 ISBN 9781572581661 Keating Barbara H and Barrie R Bolton 2012 Geology and Offshore Mineral Resources of the Central Pacific Basin Springer Science amp Business Media Page 152 ISBN 9781461228967 American Samoa Statistical Yearbook 2016 PDF American Samoa Department of Commerce Archived from the original PDF on 2019 02 14 Retrieved 2019 07 25 nbsp This American Samoa location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alofau amp oldid 1204331703, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
