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thumb|right|260px|View of Falealupo rainforest canopy walkway and old wooden tower. Falealupo is a village in Samoa situated at the west end of Savai'i island from the International Date Line used until 29 December 2011. The village has two main settlements, Falealupo-Uta, situated inland by the main island highway and Falealupo-Tai, situated by the sea. The road to the coastal settlement is about 9 km, most of it unsealed, from the main highway. The village's population is 545.

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Locality
Faleālupo
Region
Vaisigano
Country
Sāmoa
Population
0

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  • Myths and Legends
  • Falealupo Rainforest conservation
  • Notable Samoans from Falealupo
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|right|260px|View of Falealupo rainforest canopy walkway and old wooden tower. Falealupo is a village in Samoa situated at the west end of Savai'i island from the International Date Line used until 29 December 2011. The village has two main settlements, Falealupo-Uta, situated inland by the main island highway and Falealupo-Tai, situated by the sea. The road to the coastal settlement is about 9 km, most of it unsealed, from the main highway. The village's population is 545.

Due to its location in the west of the country, and because Samoa was just to the east of the International Date Line, Falealupo has been described as "the last village in the world to see the sunset of each day". This has now changed, as the Samoan government has moved the International Date Line east of the country in 2011.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Falealupo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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