- Matautu village (Lefaga)
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For the Matautu village north coast Upolu island & Savai'i island, see Mata-Utu. For the capital of Wallis and Futuna, see Mata-Utu.
Matautu is a village in the large traditional settlement of Lefaga in Samoa. The village is situated on the south west coast of Upolu island and lies within the political district of A'ana.[1]
The population is 858 (2006 Census).[2]
It was the film location of Return to Paradise (1953 film) starring Gary Cooper.
There are a number of villages and geographic areas called Matautu in Samoa.
References
- ^ "Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963". Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act/tca1963317/. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ^ "Population and Housing Census Report 2006". Samoa Bureau of Statistics. July 2008. http://www.sbs.gov.ws/Portals/138/PDF/census%20survey/Table%202.%20Population%20byregion,%20faipule%20district%202006.pdf. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
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