Poloa is a village in American Samoa

American Samoa

American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...

. It is located at the west side of Tutuila

Tutuila

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 in the Alataua District. The village has approximately 300 citizens. The main denominations in the area are Methodist and Christian

Christian

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. Poloa has one elementary school.

According to history, Poloa was one of the poorest village in Samoa. Since American culture was introduced, many Poloa villagers worked at shipyards of Germans and Americans.

Poloa is the western terminus of American Samoa Highway 001.