Faleu is one of four small villages on Manono Island

Manono Island

Manono is an island of Samoa, situated in the Apolima Strait between the main islands of Savai'i and Upolu, 3.4 km WNW off Lefatu Cape, the westernmost point of Upolu....

 in Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

. The village population is 354 (2006 Census).

The other villages on Manono island are Lepuia'i

Lepuia'i

Lepuia'i is one of four small villages on Manono Island in Samoa. The village population is 223 .The other villages on Manono island are Apai, Faleu and Salua....

, Apai

Apai

Apai is one of four small villages on Manono Island in Samoa. The village population is 111 .The other villages on Manono island are Lepuia'i, Faleu and Salua....

 and Salua

Salua

Salua is one of four small villages on Manono Island in Samoa. The village population is 201 .The other villages on Manono island are Apai, Faleu and Lepuia'i....

. All the settlements on Manono Island fall within the political district of Aiga-i-le-Tai

Aiga-i-le-Tai

Aiga-i-le-Tai is a district of Samoa which includes the small islands of Manono, Apolima and tiny uninhabited Nu'ulopa lying in the Apolima Strait between the country's two main islands of Upolu and Savai'i....

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There are also sub divisions within these villages that notes the pito nu'u or smaller areas within the villages. Manono Tai is the local and traditional term for this island, as the word Tai means 'distance from land'. Manono Uta

Manono Uta

Manono Uta is a village on the island of Upolu in Samoa. It is situated on the north west coast of the island in the political district of Aiga-i-le-Tai.The population is 1,358 ....

 is where the mainland (Upolu Island) is situated.

Despite the geographic separation of Manono Uta and Manono Tai, the people are one village with close kinship and history. The inhabitants on Manono Uta are family, kin of those who reside on Manono Tai.

Manono island is one of three isles in the Apolima Strait

Apolima Strait

The Apolima Strait is about 13km wide and separates the two largest islands of Samoa, the island of Savai'i to the northwest, and Upolu to the southeast....

 separating the country's two main islands Upolu

Upolu

Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is long, in area, and is the second largest in geographic area as well as the most populated of the Samoan Islands. Upolu is situated to the east of...

 and Savai'i

Savai'i

Savaii is the largest and highest island in Samoa and the Samoa Islands chain. It is also the biggest landmass in Polynesia outside Hawaii and New Zealand. The island of Savai'i is also referred to by Samoans as Salafai, a classical Samoan term used in oratory and prose...

. The other islands in the strait are Apolima

Apolima

Apolima is the smallest of the four inhabited islands of Samoa and situated in the Apolima Strait, between the country's two largest islands Upolu to the east and Savai'i to the west....

 and the tiny uninhabited islet of Nu'ulopa

Nu'ulopa

Nu'ulopa is a small uninhabited island in the Apolima Strait between the islands of Upolu and Savai'i in Samoa. The island is part of Aiga-i-le-Tai district....

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