Manase

Manase
Village
Tanu Beach Front, Manase
Tanu Beach Front, Manase
Manase is located in Samoa
Manase
Manase
manase
Coordinates: 13°26′48″S 172°22′46″W / 13.44667°S 172.37944°W / -13.44667; -172.37944
Country Samoa
DistrictGagaifomauga
Population
 (2016)
 • Total123
Time zone-11
A beach in Manase.

Manase is a village on the central north coast of Savai'i island in Samoa in the political district of Gagaifomauga.[1] It has a population of 123.[2]

Situated by the sea with a white sandy beach, Manase has become a popular tourist destination since the 1990s with low budget and locally owned beach fale accommodation. There is a petrol station with a shop at the east end of the village and another small store selling basic goods at Tanu Beach Fales. The nearest hospital is at the neighbouring village of Safotu and there's a post office and a small police station in Fagamalo, five minutes drive east.

Heading west around the coast, the next village is Safotu followed by Samauga and the Safune settlements.[3] Manase is 45 km from the ferry terminal and township of Salelologa at the east end of the island.

  1. ^ "The Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 2004-03-29. Retrieved 2009-10-28. Government of Samoa. Retrieved 28 October 2009
  2. ^ "Census 2016 Preliminary count" (PDF). Samoa Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ [1] Moon Handbooks South Pacific by David Stanley, p. 547. Retrieved 28 October 2009