Poutasi Explained

Poutasi is a village on the south east coast of Upolu island in Samoa. The population is 395.[1] The village is part of Falealili Electoral Constituency (Faipule District) in the larger political district of Atua.[2] Poutasi was extensively damaged by the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami.[3]

The artist Fatu Feu'u grew up in Poutasi.[4] The historian Malama Meleisea is also from Poutasi.[5]

Sister cities

In May 2023 Poutasi signed a sister cities agreement with the Hastings District in New Zealand.[6]

References

-14.0333°N -213°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census 2016 Preliminary count . Samoa Bureau of Statistics . 2 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963. Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute. 19 December 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110605081449/http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act/tca1963317/. 5 June 2011.
  3. News: Over 100 feared dead in Samoa tsunami . 30 September 2009 . . . 4 November 2011.
  4. Web site: Eight Pasifika artists acknowledged at Arts Pasifika Awards 2022 . 2022-10-11 . Creative NZ . en-NZ.
  5. Book: Malama., Meleisea. The making of modern Samoa : traditional authority and colonial administration in the history of Western Samoa. 1987. Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific. 9820200318. [Suva, Fiji]. 19102181 . back cover.
  6. Web site: Poutasi and Hastings sign sister-city deal . Samoa Observer . Talaia Mika . 23 May 2023 . 24 May 2023.

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