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Afao

Afao is a in southwest Tutuila Island, . It is located on the island's short southwestern coast, between 'Amanave and , to the southwest of Pago Pago.
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  • Type: Village with 96 residents
  • Description: village in United States of America
  • Also known as: “Afao, American Samoa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Atauloma Girls School and Fagalele Boys School.

Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a historic parochial school building in Afao village on the island of in , United States. The London Missionary Society opened it in 1900 as the second secondary school on Tutuila, and the first to admit girls.

Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , in , is a historic building that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is a church school built by the London Missionary Society, perhaps as early as 1850–1856, but before 1900.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asili and Nua.

Village
is a on the southwest coast of Tutuila Island, . It is located between and 'Amanave. It is located in Lealataua County.

Village
is a village located in Lealataua County within the of American Sāmoa. Serving as the administrative center for the administrative unit called Samatua, is part of a region that includes several small localities situated between and the western cape along the southwestern-facing bay.

Village
Photo: Geofix, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a on the southwest coast of Tutuila Island, . It is located between and 'Amanave. It is located in Lealataua County.

Afao

Latitude
-14.33153° or 14° 19′ 54″ south
Longitude
-170.80032° or 170° 48′ 1″ west
Population
96
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
52QFM59X+9V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12857195300
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5880749
Wiki­data ID
Q1773822
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Afao” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Afao”
  • Chinese: “阿法奧”
  • Dutch: “Afao”
  • French: “Afao”
  • Hausa: “Afao, American Samoa”
  • Hausa: “Afuwa”
  • Italian: “Afao”
  • Persian: “آفائو”
  • Polish: “Afao”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آفائو”
  • Swedish: “Afao”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Afao Beach Site and Nuutai Rock.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Afao”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.