Asau

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Asau is a coastal town and port on the northwest of Savaiʻi island in Samoa, historically known as a key center for timber and copra production.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Asau canonical 7

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf port
town
climate tropical rainforest climate
coast northwest coast of Savaiʻi
coastType reef-fringed coast
country Samoa
countrySubdivision Vaʻa-o-Fonoti is incorrect (Asau is on Savaiʻi, not Upolu)
currency Samoan tālā
economy based on agriculture and small-scale commerce
hasEconomicActivity fishing
subsistence agriculture
hasFeature coastal town
port facilities
hasHistoricalEvent development as a logging and copra export center in the 20th century
hasIndustry copra
timber
hasNearbyFeature Asau Bay
offshore reef
hasNearbySettlement Fugalei
Letui
hasPortFunction export of copra
export of timber
hasTransport harbour
small airstrip (historically used)
historicalRole key center for copra production
key center for timber production
isOnIsland Savaiʻi
languageUsed English
Samoan
linked to: Samoan language
locatedInAdministrativeDivision Vaisigano district
locatedInArchipelago Samoan Islands
locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
locatedInContinent Oceania
locatedInGeographicalRegion Polynesia
locatedInRegion northwest Savaiʻi
locatedOn Savaiʻi
partOf Samoa
religionMajority Christianity
sovereignState Independent State of Samoa
linked to: Samoa
timeZone UTC+13
timeZoneDST UTC+14

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Savaiʻi hasSettlement Asau
Vaitupu capitalOfIsland Asau
Vaitupu hasSettlement Asau
Vaitupu largestVillage Asau
Vaitupu capitalOfAtoll Asau
subject linked to: Vaitupu atoll
Vaitupu largestSettlement Asau
subject linked to: Vaitupu atoll
Vaitupu hasSettlement Asau
subject linked to: Vaitupu atoll