Samauga
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Samauga is a village on the central north coast of Savai'i
island in Samoa
. The village is in the electoral district of Gagaifomauga.
The village population is about 330 (2006).
There is a primary school, a church and several small local stores with the main road passing through the village. At the east end is the village of Safotu
and on the west side, the road heads towards Lefagaoali'i
and Safune
. There's a turnoff in the village to the inland village of Paia.
From 2006 - 2009, the women's committee (Komiti a Tina ma Tamaitai) in the village have been working with the Ministry of Agriculture, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and South Pacific Business Development towards improving agricultural methods in the village. The impact of land clearance for subsistence agriculture has resulted in soil salinity. A key project has been to phase out the use of pesticides while diversifying crops for oganic gardening and traditional medicinal plants. Part of the community initiative includes the development of income generating micro-schemes for women and the potential of sustainable cultural tourism.
Savai'i
Savaii is the largest and highest island in Samoa and the Samoa Islands chain. It is also the biggest landmass in Polynesia outside Hawaii and New Zealand. The island of Savai'i is also referred to by Samoans as Salafai, a classical Samoan term used in oratory and prose...
island in Samoa
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
. The village is in the electoral district of Gagaifomauga.
The village population is about 330 (2006).
There is a primary school, a church and several small local stores with the main road passing through the village. At the east end is the village of Safotu
Safotu
Safotu is a village on the central north coast of Savai'i island in Samoa. Safotu is in the district Gagaifomauga. Traditionally, it attained the status of 'Pule,' customary political authority, and has been the main centre of the Gagaifomauga district....
and on the west side, the road heads towards Lefagaoali'i
Lefagaoali'i
Lefagaoali'i is a village on the central north coast of Savai'i island in Samoa. The village is in the electoral district of Gagaifomauga.The settlement is situated on a thin spit of land with the ocean on the north side and an inland lake with mangroves on the south side which flows out to the...
and Safune
Safune
Safune is a traditional village district on the central north coast of Savai'i island in Samoa. It lies within the electoral constituency of Gaga'ifomauga. Safune is the birthplace of Mau leader Olaf Frederick Nelson and the filming location of Moana , one of the first documentaries made in the world...
. There's a turnoff in the village to the inland village of Paia.
From 2006 - 2009, the women's committee (Komiti a Tina ma Tamaitai) in the village have been working with the Ministry of Agriculture, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and South Pacific Business Development towards improving agricultural methods in the village. The impact of land clearance for subsistence agriculture has resulted in soil salinity. A key project has been to phase out the use of pesticides while diversifying crops for oganic gardening and traditional medicinal plants. Part of the community initiative includes the development of income generating micro-schemes for women and the potential of sustainable cultural tourism.