Salamumu is a village on the south west coast of Upolu island in Samoa. The village has two settlements, Salamumu Uta (population 338) and Salamumu Tai (population 33).[1]
The village's name is derived from the words sala (fire) and mumu (punishment), and refers to its origin when people from Sale'aula were relocated to Upolu during the 1905—1911 eruption of Mt Matavanu.[2]
Although the village, area 13.11 km2,[3] is geographically located on Upolu, the village is politically (and historically) part of the Gaga'emauga electoral district on the island of Savai'i.[4]
The people of Salamumu still have strong kinship cultural ties to their land on Savai'i.
Le'auva'a is another settlement on Upolu island which was also relocated from Savai'i following the volcanic eruptions.
Climate edit
Salamumu has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Salamumu | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
29.6 (85.3) |
29.7 (85.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
28.6 (83.5) |
27.9 (82.2) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
28.8 (83.8) |
29.1 (84.4) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.8 (83.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.4 (79.5) |
26.0 (78.8) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
25.3 (77.5) |
25.7 (78.3) |
25.9 (78.6) |
26.1 (79.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.0 (78.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.4 (74.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
23.3 (73.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 506 (19.9) |
389 (15.3) |
355 (14.0) |
231 (9.1) |
196 (7.7) |
115 (4.5) |
114 (4.5) |
146 (5.7) |
164 (6.5) |
268 (10.6) |
300 (11.8) |
410 (16.1) |
3,194 (125.7) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org[5] | |||||||||||||
References edit
- ^ Samoa Bureau of Statistics: 2016 Census Brief No. 1, S. 42
- ^ Fepuleai, Aleni; Weber, Eberhard; Nemeth, Karoly; Muliaina, Tolu (2016). "Eruption Styles of Samoan Volcanoes Represented in Tattooing, Language and Cultural Activities of the Indigenous People". Geoheritage. 9 (3): 395–411. doi:10.1007/s12371-016-0204-1. S2CID 164339457. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ [1], page56
- ^ "Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963". Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ^ "Climate: Salamumu". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
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