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[[Image:Mofmanu beach in Motusa, Rotuma.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Mofmanu Beach, the popular main beach adjacent to the village of Motusa]]
'''Motusa''' is a group of close villages in the district of [[Itu'ti'u|Itu'tiu]], on the island of [[Rotuma]], one of the islands of [[Fiji]]. Rotuma is made up of two [[volcano|volcanic landmasses]] connected by a sandy [[isthmus]], on which Motusa is located. For this reason it has one of the islands longest white sandy beach. Motusa also sits between the Islands two largest [[bay]]; '''Maka Bay''' to the North and '''Hapmafau Bay''' to the South.
Motusa consists of the following places:
*[[Ạilala]]
*Agai Maftoa
*Atapisi
*Else{{okina}}e
*Elsio
*Fagmạn
*Farsạu
*Fonmạn
*Hamatua
*Haroa
*Islepi
*Jumjumi
*Leitunoa
*Lum'ava
*Malniu<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rotuma spared by TC Mona|url=https://www.fijitimes.com/rotuma-spared-by-tc-mona/|access-date=2021-08-08|website=FijiTimes|language=en}}</ref>
*Mofmanu
*Tạnmohini
*Tia
*Tuifiriga
*Salagvaka
*Samoa
*Uanheta
*Upu
Motusa also has a primary school<ref>{{Cite web|title=‘I am here to serve and not to be served’|url=https://www.fijitimes.com/i-am-here-to-serve-and-not-to-be-served/|access-date=2021-08-08|website=FijiTimes|language=en}}</ref> known as '''Motusa District School''', that consist of Year 1 to Year 8.
Motusa is about one kilometer southwest of [[Ahau, Rotuma|Ahau]], the government station, which is also the location of the island's post office, and a small hospital. Ahau is now the administrative center of Rotuma, although for a long time Motusa, being the largest settlement, and one of the best [[mooring (watercraft)|mooring]]s, was the centre of most business transactions and industry.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Churchward|first=C. Maxwell|date=1938|title=The History of Rotuma as Reflected in Its Language|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40327700|journal=Oceania|volume=9|issue=1|pages=79–88|issn=0029-8077}}</ref>
== Historical events ==
In 1871, a battle occurred here between Catholic and unconverted Motusan and the [[Wesleyan theology|Wesleyans]]. Christian missionaries backed by their respective nations (the Catholic French and Protestant Wesleyan British) exacerbated the pre-existing strained relationship between Motusan chiefs.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Howard|first=Alan|last2=Kjellgren|first2=Eric|date=1994-12-01|title=Martyrs, progress and political ambition: Re‐examining Rotuma's ‘Religious Wars'|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/00223349408572768|journal=The Journal of Pacific History|volume=29|issue=2|pages=131–152|doi=10.1080/00223349408572768|issn=0022-3344}}</ref>
The British flag was raised in Motusa on May 13, 1881, seven years after Fiji was ceded to the British. It was attended by Fiji's colonial governor [[William Des Vœux]] and the high chiefs of the seven districts of Rotuma.<ref>{{Cite web|title=150th anniversary: Cession day on Rotuma|url=https://www.fijitimes.com/150th-anniversary-cession-day-on-rotuma/|access-date=2021-08-08|website=FijiTimes|language=en}}</ref>
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