Lano is a village on the north east coast of Savai'i island in

Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono an ...

. The village is part of the electoral constituency (''Faipule District'') Fa'asaleleaga 5 which is within the larger political district (''Itumalo'') of Fa'asaleleaga. The population is 695. The village has white sandy beaches by the main island road and there are

beach fale A beach fale is a simple thatched hut in the architecture of Samoa. Beach fales are also common in other parts of Polynesia. They have become popular in tourism as a low budget accommodation situated by the coast, built with a few posts, no walls ...

for visitors and tourists and reef breaks for

surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suitabl ...

. In 2008 the village banned the sale of sand from its beach due to environmental concerns.

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Populated places in Fa'asaleleaga {{Samoa-geo-stub