Satupa'itea

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Satupa'itea
Basic data
Country Samoa
ISO 3166-2 WS-SA
Methodist Mission House, Satupaʻitea, c. 1908.
Methodist Mission House, Satupaʻitea, c. 1908.

Coordinates: 13 ° 38 ′  S , 172 ° 38 ′  W

Methodist Church, ca.1908.

Satupaʻitea is one of the 11 political districts (itūmālō; electoral district, political district) with four villages on the southeast coast of Savaiʻi in Samoa . The traditional Salega area is one of them.

geography

Map of Samoa with the Satupaʻitea district.

The district is divided into two non-contiguous areas. In the east of the island, surrounded by the Palauli district and bounded to the north by the Gagaʻemauga district, lies the eponymous part of the district with the settlements of Satufiauta , Vaegauta , Mosula , Pitonuu and Satupaʻitea . The settlements stretch from north to southwest along Palauli Bay . There is also the southern, eponymous Satupaʻitea Point . In the interior of the country, Mount Manaʻomia ( ⊙ , 1255  m ) forms a border point. The Clilate River also runs in this area.

The larger exclave with the traditional Salega area is located in the southeast between the districts of Vaisigano and Palauli ; it is bordered to the north by the Gagaʻifomauga district . In this area are the settlements of Fagafau , Samataitai , Samataiuta , Fogatuli , Faiʻaʻai , Vaipuʻa , Fogasavaiʻi and Sagone . These settlements stretch along the coast, while the inland is densely forested. On the northern border of the district are the mountains Mount Maugaloa ( ⊙ , 1133  m ) and Mount Elietoga ( ⊙ , 1032  m ). The population of the Satupaʻitea village enclave was given in 2006 as 1799 people; The population of Salega of 3,461 people. The highest-ranking title of the chiefs of the district is Tonumaipeʻa , and is particularly valid in the sub- district of Alataua (western half of the district).

history

Methodist mission in the 19th century

In the 19th century, Satupa'itea was an important starting point for the Methodist mission in Samoa. The English missionary George Brown (1835–1917) arrived in Samoa in 1860 and lived with his wife Lydia in Satupaʻitea. They lived in a bamboo hut for two years, and later they built a mission house. In 1863, Brown began training teachers for the mission in Satupa'itea. The 'training' for the Methodist pastors was moved to Lufilufi on the north coast of Upolu in 1868 and institutionalized as Piula Theological College .

German occupation

Even before the Samoa Treaty (1899) , German soldiers invaded Satupa'itea again and again.

Tsunami 2009

On September 29, 2009, a tsunami hit the southern coast of Samoa. The early warning system prevented personal injury.

society

The microfinance institute Kiva works in the area of ​​Satupaʻitea and enables people with small loans to implement their business ideas. The hospital opened in 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ geoview.info .
  2. ↑ geonames.org .
  3. ^ Population and Housing Census Report 2006 . In: Samoa Bureau of Statistics . July 2008. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved on December 16, 2009.
  4. ↑ Samoa Territorial Constituencies Act 1963 . In: Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute . Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2009.
  5. ^ Pacific Island Culture and Society, Publisher's Note . In: Adam Matthew Publications . Archived from the original on October 18, 2010. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
  6. ↑ John Garrett: To Live Among the Stars: Christian origins in Oceania . University of the South Pacific, 1982, ISBN 2-8254-0692-9 , p. 128 (Retrieved February 6, 2010).
  7. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842-1954 ) , Monday October 3, 1887, p. 3, Rev. JW Collier, Satupaitea.
  8. ↑ researchgate.net
  9. ↑ kiva.org .
  10. ^ Opening of the hospital. Samoaobserver.ws, August 3, 2018.