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(Redirected from Sapapali'i) Village in Faʻasaleleaga, Samoa
Sapapaliʻi
Village
Sunset at SapapaliʻiSunset at Sapapaliʻi
Sapapaliʻi is located in SamoaSapapaliʻiSapapaliʻi
Coordinates: 13°41′21″S 172°11′11″W / 13.68917°S 172.18639°W / -13.68917; -172.18639
Country Samoa
DistrictFaʻasaleleaga
Population
 • Total896
Time zone-11

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. Sapapali'i is in the Fa'asaleleaga political district and has a population of 896.

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.

Sapapaliʻi is 8 km north of Salelologa ferry terminal and township.

Archaeology

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.

References

  1. , Lagaga: a short history of Western Samoa By Malama Meleisea & Penelope Schoeffel Meleisea
  2. "Electoral Constituencies Act 2019" (PDF). Parliament of Samoa. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. "Census 2016 Preliminary count" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. Democracy and custom in Sāmoa: an uneasy alliance by Asofou Soʻo, p.33. Retrieved 2 November 2009
  5. Samoan Village Patterns: Four Examples by Jesse D. Jennings, Richard Holmer and Gregory Jackmond, University of Utah, Journal of the Polynesian Society, Vol. 91, No. 1, 1982. Retrieved 6 November 2009
Samoa Fa'asaleleaga District: Itūmālō
Traditional center: Safotulafai Township: Salelologa
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