Place:Manu'a, American Samoa

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NameManu'a
Alt namesManu'a Islands
Manu'asource: WeRelate abbreviation
TypeIsland Group
Located inAmerican Samoa
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Manua Islands, or the Manua tele (Samoan: Manua tele), in the Samoan Islands, consists of three main islands: , Ofu and Olosega. The latter two are separated only by the shallow, 137-meter-wide Āsaga Strait, and are now connected by a bridge over the strait. The islands are located some east of Tutuila and are a part of American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States. Their combined area is , and they have a total population of 1,400. Tau is the largest of these islands, with an area of , and it has the highest point of the Manua, at . Politically, the islands form the , one of the three administrative divisions of American Samoa.

Manu'a was the political centre of the region for many centuries, until the rise of the Tu'i Tonga maritime empire, which led to a shift in power from the eastern islands of Samoa to its western islands.

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