Editing Samoa (section)

===Administrative divisions===
{{Main|Districts of Samoa|Electoral constituencies of Samoa}}
[[File:Samoa districts numbered2.png|right|thumb|upright=1.45|Political districts of Samoa, including minor islands]]
Samoa comprises eleven ''itūmālō'' (political districts). These are the traditional eleven districts which predate European arrival. Each district has its own constitutional foundation (''faʻavae'') based on the traditional order of title precedence found in each district's ''faalupega'' (traditional salutations).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.samoagovt.ws/about-samoa/ |title=About Samoa |date=15 July 2014 |publisher=Government of Samoa |access-date=30 December 2017 |archive-date=14 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514172830/http://www.samoagovt.ws/about-samoa/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The capital village of each district administers and coordinates the affairs of the district and confers each district's paramount title, amongst other responsibilities.

For example:
* [[Aʻana]] has its capital at [[Leulumoega]]. The paramount ''tama a 'āiga'' (royal lineage) title of Aʻana is [[Tuimalealiʻifano]]. The paramount ''pāpā'' title of Aʻana is the Tui Aʻana. The orator group which confers this title&nbsp;— the ''Faleiva'' (House of Nine)&nbsp;— is based at Leulumoega.
* [[Atua (district)|Ātua]] has its capital at [[Lufilufi]]. The paramount ''tama a ʻāiga'' (royal lineage) titles of Ātua are [[Tupua Tamasese]] (based in [[Falefa]] and Salani) and [[Mataʻafa]] (based in Amaile and Lotofaga). The two main political families who confer the respective titles are [[Falefa|ʻAiga Sā Fenunuivao]] and [[Lotofaga|ʻAiga Sā Levālasi]]. The paramount ''pāpā'' title of Ātua is the Tui Ātua. The orator group which confers this title&nbsp;— the ''Faleono'' (House of Six)&nbsp;— is based at Lufilufi.
* [[Tuamasaga]] has its capital at [[Afega]]. The paramount ''tama a ʻāiga'' (royal lineage) title of Tuamasaga is the [[Malietoa]] title, based in [[Malie]]. The main political family that confers the Malietoa title is ʻAiga Sā Malietoa, with Auimatagi as the main speaker for the family. The paramount ''pāpā'' titles of Tuamasaga are Gatoaitele (conferred by Afega) and Vaetamasoalii (conferred by Safata).<ref name=":0" />

The eleven ''itūmālō'' are identified to be:

On '''[[Upolu]]'''<br />
:1. [[Tuamasaga]] ([[Afega]])<sup>1</sup>
:2. [[Aʻana]] ([[Leulumoega]])
:3. [[Aiga-i-le-Tai]] ([[Mulifanua]])<sup>2</sup>
:4. [[Atua (district)|Atua]] ([[Lufilufi]])<sup>3</sup>
:5. [[Vaʻa-o-Fonoti]] ([[Samamea]])
On '''[[Savaiʻi]]'''<br />
:6. [[Faʻasaleleaga]] ([[Safotulafai]])
:7. [[Gagaʻemauga]] ([[Saleaula]])<sup>4</sup>
:8. [[Gagaʻifomauga]] ([[Safotu]])
:9. [[Vaisigano]] ([[Asau (Samoa)|Asau]])
:10. [[Satupaʻitea]] (Satupaʻitea)
:11. [[Palauli]] ([[Vailoa]])
<sup>1</sup> {{small|including the faipule district of [[Siumu]]}}
<br /><sup>2</sup> {{small|including islands [[Manono Island|Manono]], [[Apolima]] and [[Nuʻulopa]]}}
<br /><sup>3</sup> {{small|including the [[Aleipata Islands]] and [[Nuʻusafeʻe]] Island}}
<br /><sup>4</sup> {{small|smaller parts also on [[Upolu]] (Salamumu, incl. Salamumu-Uta and Leauvaʻa villages)}}