Aua, American Samoa
ʻAūa | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Coordinates: 14°16′11″S 170°39′50″W / 14.26972°S 170.66389°W | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | American Samoa |
| Island | Tutuila Island |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.11 sq mi (2.88 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,549 |
| • Density | 1,400/sq mi (540/km2) |
| Demonym | Auan |
| Time zone | Samoa Time Zone |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−11 |
| ZIP code | 96799 |
| Area code | +1 684 |
Aūa is a village on Tutuila Island in American Samoa. It is located along American Samoa Highway 001, and is the southern terminus of American Samoa Highway 006. Aūa is located at the foothills of Mount Peiva on the eastern shore of Pago Pago Bay. The hamlet of Leloaloa is also a part of Aūa.
Corals off the village of Aūa have been the subject of what's thought to be the world's longest-running reef survey. It has attracted scientists from throughout the world every year since 1917. In 1917 Alfred G. Mayer from the Carnegie Institution for Science established what has now become the oldest periodically re-surveyed coral-reef transect in the world at Aua.
Sa’ousoalii is a traditional salutation to the villages of Aua and Fagatogo in the Greater Pago Pago Area.
Historical records reveal that, prior to 1900, extensive areas along the Pago Pago Harbor coastline, including the present-day locations of Aua Village and Utulei Village, were covered by mangrove vegetation.