Fagamalo | |
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Village | |
 Satellite image showing Fagamalo and neibouring villages with reefs off the coast and lava fields to the east in Saleaula, Mauga and Samalae'ulu. (NASA photo) | |
  Fagamalo | |
| Coordinates: 13°26′S 172°21′W / 13.433°S 172.350°W | |
| Country |  Samoa |
| District | Gaga'emauga |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 383 |
| Time zone | -11 |
| Climate | Af |
Fagamalo is a village situated on the central north coast of Savai'i in Samoa. It is a sub-village or pito nu'u of the larger traditional village enclave of Matautu in the political district of Gaga'emauga. The population of the village is 383.[1]
Fagamalo is by the sea at the northernmost point of Savai'i. There is a small post office and next door to it is a police station which services the local district. The Tutaga Primary School is at the east end of the village near where a hospital was situated. Cyclone Ofa (1990) and Cyclone Valerie (1991)[2] caused a lot of damage on the north and west coast of Savai'i and destroyed the seaside Itu-o-Tane College[3] in the village. The school was rebuilt inland in a neighbouring village. Five to ten minutes to the east of Fagamalo are the villages of Saleaula and Sato'alepai. Towards the west are the villages of Safotu and Safune.
- ^ "Census 2016 Preliminary count" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ United States Department of State
- ^ [1] Ministry of Education, Samoa.