Sasina, Samoa Explained

Official Name:Sasina
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Samoa
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Gagaʻifomauga
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:568
Population Density:auto
Utc Offset:+13:00
Coordinates:-13.45°N -198°W

Sasina is a village on the north coast of Savai'i island in Samoa. It is situated on the central north coast of the island in the district of Gagaʻifomauga and the electoral district of Gagaʻifomauga 3.[1] The population is 568.[2]

The village is part of a conservation area which includes the village of Aopo.[3] There is a primary school with a new assembly hall renovated by engineers from the United States, Australia and New Zealand under the US Navy's Pacific Partnership programme of the Pacific Fleet.[4]

Tourism Development

In 2008, an American company South Pacific Development Group (SPDG) obtained a 120-year lease for 600acres of prime oceanfront customary land in Sasina, to build a luxury resort estimated to cost $450 – $500 million US dollars. The announcement raised concern among environmental group O Le Si'osi'omaga Society.[5] The size of the acreage and duration of the lease is unprecedented in Samoa, where 80% of the land is customary, 6% freehold and the rest under the government.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electoral Constituencies Act 2019 . Parliament of Samoa . 31 January 2019 . 11 September 2021.
  2. Web site: Census 2016 Preliminary count . Samoa Bureau of Statistics . 2016 . 23 August 2021.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=s_FMjI1t7awC&dq=Sasina+Savaii&pg=PA195
  4. Web site: Samoa . Commander US Pacific Fleet . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723024545/http://www.cpf.navy.mil/subsite/pp09/SamoaPhotos.html . 23 July 2011.
  5. https://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:R4RtS9Un5fEJ:listproc.ucdavis.edu/archives/iamslic/log0808/att-0007/02-PEIN_Digest_July.pdf+Sasina+resort+protest&hl=en&gl=nz&sig=AFQjCNGoDOFGIjYVLp4NO0viJCpaG0KVjA
  6. http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=518