Official Name: | Sapapaliʻi |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Samoa |
Subdivision Name: | Samoa |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Faʻasaleleaga |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 896 |
Timezone: | -11 |
Coordinates: | -13.6892°N -172.1864°W |
Sapapaliʻi is a village on the north east coast of Savaiʻi island in Samoa. It is the village where John Williams, the first missionary to bring Christianity to Samoa landed in 1830.[1] Sapapali'i is in the Fa'asaleleaga political district[2] and has a population of 896.[3]
Sapapaliʻi became the second Malietoa base in the district in 1750 when Malietoa Tiʻa married a woman from the village. Their son Malietoa Fitisemanu was the father of Malietoa Vaiinupo who received Williams in 1830.[4]
Sapapaliʻi is 8 km north of Salelologa ferry terminal and township.
See main article: Archaeology in Samoa. In the 1970s, Gregory Jackmond carried out archaeological surveys inland from Sapapali'i. Jackmond, a Peace Corps in Samoa, surveyed a 20 hectare area with extensive pre-historic settlements. Jackmond later carried out field work at Palauli on the south east coast where the Pulemelei Mound is situated.[5]