Sapapaliʻi

Sapapaliʻi is a village near the southeast coast of Savaiʻi island in Samoa. It is the village where John Williams, the first missionary to bring Christianity to Samoa, landed in 1830.^[1] Sapapali'i is in the Fa'asaleleaga political district^[2] and has a population of 896.^[3]

Sapapaliʻi
Village
Sunset at Sapapaliʻi
Sapapaliʻi
Coordinates: 13°41′21″S 172°11′11″W
Country	Samoa
District	Faʻasaleleaga
Population  (2016)
• Total	896
Time zone	-11

Sapapaliʻi became the second Malietoa base in the district in 1750 when Malietoa Tiʻa married a woman from the village. Their son Malietoa Fitisemanu was the father of Malietoa Vaiinupo who received Williams in 1830.^[4]

Sapapaliʻi is 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of Salelologa ferry terminal and township.

Archaeology

Main article: Archaeology in Samoa

In the 1970s, Gregory Jackmond carried out archaeological surveys inland from Sapapali'i. Jackmond, a Peace Corps in Samoa, surveyed a 20 hectare area with extensive pre-historic settlements. Jackmond later carried out field work at Palauli on the south east coast where the Pulemelei Mound is situated.^[5]