Sasina, Samoa

Sasina is a village on the north coast of Savai'i island in Samoa. It is located in the political district of Gagaifomauga. The population is 550 (2006 Census).[1]

Sasina
Village
Sasina
Coordinates: 13°27′S 172°26′W
Country Samoa
DistrictGagaifomauga
Population
 (2006)
 • Total550
Time zone-11

The village is part of a conservation area which includes the village of Aopo.[2] 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.[3]

Tourism Development

In 2008, an American company South Pacific Development Group (SPDG) obtained a 120-year lease for 600 acres (2.4 km2) 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.[4] 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.[5]

References
  1. "Population and Housing Census Report 2006" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. July 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
  2. Strategies for sustainable development: experiences from the Pacific by John Overton and Regina Scheyvens, p.195
  3. http://www.cpf.navy.mil/subsite/pp09/SamoaPhotos.html
  4. Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Digest, July 2008, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
  5. Radio New Zealand International,15 May 2002. Retrieved October 25, 2009
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.