Sapapali'i
| Sapapali'i | |
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| Village | |
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Sunset at Sapapali'i | |
  Sapapali'i | |
| Coordinates: 13°41′21″S 172°11′11″W / 13.68917°S 172.18639°WCoordinates: 13°41′21″S 172°11′11″W / 13.68917°S 172.18639°W | |
| Country |
 Samoa |
| District | Fa'asaleleaga |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 868 |
| Time zone | -11 |
Sapapali'i is a village on the north east coast of Savai'i 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]
Sapapali'i became the second Malietoa base in the district in 1750 when Malietoa Ti’a married a woman from the village. Their son Malietoa Fitisemanu was the father of Malietoa Vaiinupo who received Williams in 1830.[1]
Sapapali'i is 8 km north of Salelologa ferry terminal and township.
Archaeology
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.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 , Lagaga: a short history of Western Samoa By Malama Meleisea & Penelope Schoeffel Meleisea
- ↑ "Population and Housing Census Report 2006" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. July 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
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