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[[File:Methodist mission house, Satupa'itea, Samoa c.1908.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Mission house, Satupa{{okina}}itea, c. 1908]]

'''Satupa{{okina}}itea''' is a large village district with four sub-villages on the south east coast of [[Savai{{okina}}i]] Island in [[Samoa]].

In the country's modern political divisions, Satupa{{okina}}itea is also a Political District (''Itumalo''), one of 11 in the country, which now includes the traditional area of [[Salega]].

==Satupa{{okina}}itea village enclave==
The four villages in Satupa{{okina}}itea village enclave are [[Moasula]], [[Pitonu'u village (Satupa'itea)|Pitonu{{okina}}u]], [[Satufia]] and [[Vaega]]. The total population of Satupa'itea village enclave is 2112.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sbs.gov.ws/digi/1-Preliminary%20count%20report%202016.V2.pdf |title=Census 2016 Preliminary count |publisher=Samoa Bureau of Statistics |date=2016 |accessdate=23 August 2021}}</ref>

==Satupa{{okina}}itea Political District==
In modern politics, Satupa{{okina}}itea district incorporates the larger traditional area of [[Salega]] (population 3,461).<ref>{{Cite web
 |url         = http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act/tca1963317/
 |work        = Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
 |title       = Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963
 |accessdate  = 15 December 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110605081449/http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act/tca1963317/
 |archivedate = 5 June 2011
}}</ref>

Geographically, the district consists of two divisions separated by [[Palauli]] district.

The paramount chiefly title of the district is Tonumaipe{{okina}}a, with special relevance in the Alataua sub-district (the western half of the district).

==19th century Methodist mission==
During the 19th century, Satupa{{okina}}itea was an important stronghold for the early [[Methodist]] mission in Samoa. The English [[Methodist]] missionary [[George Brown (missionary)|George Brown]] (1835–1917) arrived in Samoa in 1860 and lived with his wife Lydia in Satupa'itea.<ref name=am>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/pacific_island_culture/Publishers-Note.aspx
 |work        = Adam Matthew Publications
 |title       = Pacific Island Culture and Society, Publisher's Note
 |accessdate  = 6 February 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20101018063328/http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/pacific_island_culture/Publishers-Note.aspx
 |archivedate = 18 October 2010
}}</ref> They lived in a bamboo hut for the first two years and later constructed a mission house. In 1863, Brown began to train teachers at Satupa'itea for the ministry.<ref name=jg>{{cite book
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b7HYexAnWCoC&dq=Satupa%27itea+Methodist&pg=PA128
|title=To Live Among the Stars: Christian origins in Oceania
|first=John
|last=Garrett
|page=128
|year=1982
|publisher=University of the South Pacific
|isbn=2-8254-0692-9
|accessdate=6 February 2010
}}</ref> The 'training' for the Methodist ministry was later established, in 1868, at [[Lufilufi]] on the north coast of [[Upolu]] island as the [[Piula Theological College]].

[[File:ISS012-E-23596 NASA south west side of Savai'i island.jpg|thumb|right|260px|South west of Savai{{okina}}i including [[Salega]] and parts of Satupaitea and [[Palauli]]. ([[NASA]] photo)]]

==Electoral results==
{{Election box begin
| title = [[2021 Samoan general election]]
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = [[Lautafi Fio Selafi Purcell]]
| party = Human Rights Protection Party
| votes = '''514'''
| percentage = '''53.3'''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = [[Tavui Asiata Tiafau Tafu Salevao]]
| party = Human Rights Protection Party
| votes = 451
| percentage = 46.7
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Human Rights Protection Party
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin
| title = [[2016 Samoan general election]] ([[uncontested election|uncontested]])
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| candidate = [[Lautafi Fio Selafi Purcell]]
| party = Human Rights Protection Party
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Human Rights Protection Party
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
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{{Districts of Samoa}}

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