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Sasina
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Country | Samoa |
District | Gagaifomauga |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 550 |
Time zone | -11 |
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]
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]
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.[2] The announcement raised concern among environmental group O Le Si'osi'omaga Society.[2] 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.[2]
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