Malaloa

Malaloa is a sub-village of Fagatogo and is located at the end of Pago Pago Harbor in American Samoa.^[1] It is located in-between Fagatogo proper and the village of Pago Pago.^[2] Cruising boats entering and leaving Pago Pago should clear at Malaloa Marina. The Malaloa Marina was opened for cruisers’ use and has added a customs wharf to handle inbound and outbound clearances.

In 1912, a hospital was constructed on the face of the hill overlooking Pago Pago Bay in Malaloa. It also housed the first nursing school in American Samoa. The health center was later relocated to

The American Samoa Senate approved a bill in August 2018 which allocated $1.5 million for the construction of the Malaloa Dock.^[3][4]

A designated park area administrated by the Department of Parks and Recreation is located between Burns Philp and the yacht quay.^[5]

History

On September 1, 1912, the first Samoan Hospital was completed at Malaloa. The hospital was constructed on a hillside next to the current location of

W. Somerset Maugham resided at the Sadie Thompson Inn in Malaloa during his six-week visit to American Samoa in 1916. The building later became the setting of his short story “Rain”, which was published in 1921. At the time when Maugham visited in 1916, Malaloa had a small dock which was used by lighters to carry goods. Passengers boarded ships on the main wharf. The Sadie Thompson Inn building was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[7]

In 1946, American Samoa's first high school was established at Malaloa, which used to be the site of the first hospital. The school was known as the