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Samoa, an unincorporated area in Humboldt County, California, is located in the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay, and was a lumber worker settlement until 2001, when the area was set for sale. It includes the Manila and Samoa Dunes, some of the most ecologically diverse areas in California, and stretches to the Arcata Bottoms. It also contains the unincorporated community of Manila, the Evergreen pulp mill, the Samoa Cookhouse, the United States Coast Guard station, and the north jetty, which has unusual concrete breakers that resemble toy jacks. The breakers were built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to withstand the area's heavy seas, and were featured by Huell Howser On PBS's "California's Gold" (Episode #803). The peninsula is about ten miles (16 km) long by one mile wide. This area is vulnerable to tsunamis as its average height above sea level is only 3 feet (0.91 m). Residential expansion is proposed that would double the size of Manila, which currently has neither fire or police services of its own. The ZIP Code is 95564. The community is inside area code 707.
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In the state legislature Samoa is located in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Pat Wiggins, and in the 1st Assembly District, represented by Democrat Patty Berg. Federally, Samoa is located in California's 1st congressional district.
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