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Fagaloa Bay – Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone

Coordinates: 13°55′37″S 171°32′26″W / 13.926864°S 171.540444°W / -13.926864; -171.540444
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Fagaloa Bay – Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone
Conservation area
View of Uafato village at Fagaloa Bay
View of Uafato village at Fagaloa Bay
Map of Samoa showing Va'a-o-Fonoti district.
Map of Samoa showing Va'a-o-Fonoti district.
Fagaloa Bay – Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone is located in Samoa
Fagaloa Bay – Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone
Fagaloa Bay – Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone
Coordinates: 13°55′37″S 171°32′26″W / 13.926864°S 171.540444°W / -13.926864; -171.540444
Country Samoa
Time zoneUTC+13 (UTC+13)

The Fagaloa Bay – Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone is located in the Va'a-o-Fonoti District of Samoa, on eastern Upolu Island.

Description

The site is a nexus of sorts between the natural and cultural worlds: the largest tropical rain forest on any Pacific island with unique flora and fauna accompanied by the traditional Samoan cultural practices of Fa'a Samoa and the matai system.[1]

World Heritage Status

This site was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on December 21, 2006 in the Mixed (Cultural + Natural) category.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Retrieved 2009-03-24.

References

Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Accessed 2009-03-03.


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