Sasina, Samoa
Sasina | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 13°27′S 172°26′W / 13.450°S 172.433°W | |
Country | Samoa |
District | Gagaʻifomauga |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 568 |
Time zone | UTC+13:00 |
Sasina is a village on the north coast of
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 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.[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]
References
- ^ "Electoral Constituencies Act 2019" (PDF). Parliament of Samoa. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ "Census 2016 Preliminary count" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ [1] Strategies for sustainable development: experiences from the Pacific by John Overton and Regina Scheyvens, p.195
- ^ "Samoa". Commander US Pacific Fleet. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011.
- ^ [2] Pacific Environment Information Network [PEIN] Digest, July 2008, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme
- ^ [3] Radio New Zealand International,15 May 2002. Retrieved October 25, 2009