Aopo

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Aopo
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Satellite image of Savai'i north west with Asau harbour, lava fields and Aopo inland. (NASA photo, 2002)
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Aopo
Coordinates: 13°29′S172°30′W / 13.483°S 172.500°W / -13.483; -172.500
Country Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
District Gaga'ifomauga
Population (2006)
 • Total 340
Time zone -11

Aopo is a village on the island of Savai'i in Samoa. It is in the political district of Gaga'ifomauga.

Savaii island

Savaiʻi is the largest and highest island in Samoa and the Samoan Islands chain. The island is the fifth largest in Polynesia, behind the two main islands of New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands of Hawaii and Maui.

Samoa country in Oceania

Samoa, officially the Independent State ofSamoa and, until 4 July 1997, known as Western Samoa, is a country consisting of two main islands, Savai'i and Upolu, and four smaller islands. The capital city is Apia. The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a unique Samoan language and Samoan cultural identity.

Gagaifomauga District in Samoa

Gaga'ifomauga is a political district on the island of Savai'i in Samoa. The district is situated on the northern side of the island with a population of 4,770.

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The village is located inland from the north coast of Savai'i, close to the main lava field from the island's volcanic cones. There is an Aopo Conservation Area open to visitors and the trail starts at the east end of the village.

Hikers can ascend Mt Silisili, Samoa's highest peak, from Aopo. [1]

Silisili mountain

Mount Silisili is the highest peak in Samoa and the Samoa Islands chain. It is located in the centre of a mountain chain running the length of Savai'i island.

In 2007, Aopo village sold its teak plantation to Blue Bird Lumber. [2]

See also

Faamatai

Fa'amatai is the chiefly system of Samoa, central to the organization of Samoan society. It is the traditional indigenous form of governance in the Samoa Islands, comprising American Samoa and the Independent State of Samoa. The term comprises the prefix fa'a and the word matai.

Samoan is the language of the Samoan Islands, comprising Samoa and the United States territory of American Samoa. It is an official language – alongside English – in both jurisdictions.

Samoans ethnic group

Samoans or Samoan people, are a Polynesian ethnic group native to the Samoan Islands, an archipelago in Polynesia, who speak the Samoan language. The group's home islands are politically and geographically divided between the Independent State of Samoa and American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. Though divided by political powers, the culture and language remains one and the same.

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Samoan Islands archipelago covering 3,030 km² (1,170 sq mi) in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and the wider region of Oceania

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Mount Matavanu mountain in Samoa

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References

  1. ↑ Tonga-Samoa handbook by David Stanley, p.151
  2. ↑ [ permanent dead link ] Samoa Forestry Outlook Study by Sam Sesega, p.14, Working Paper No. APFSOS II/WP/2009/01,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.

Coordinates: 13°29′S172°30′W / 13.483°S 172.500°W / -13.483; -172.500

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