Ta’u
Ta’u is a locality in Manuʻa Islands, American Samoa and has about 873 residents. Ta’u is situated nearby to the hamlet Lumā, as well as near Si‘ufaga.- Type: Locality with 873 residents
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Ta`u”, “Ta`ū”, “Ta`ü Village”, and “Tau”
- Historically known as: “Opoun”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tau Airport and Tui Manuʻa Graves Monument.
Tau Airport
Ruins
Tau Airport was a privately owned, private-use airport located 1.6 kilometers southeast of the village of Ta‘ū on the island of Ta‘ū in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Tui Manuʻa Graves Monument
Protected area
The Tui Manuʻa Graves Monument is a funerary marker and grave site on the island Taʻū, the largest island of the Manuʻa group in American Samoa. It is located northwest of the junction of Taʻū Village and Taʻū Island Roads on the west side of the island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ta’u and Faleasao.
Ta’u
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Taʻū is the largest inhabited island in the Manuʻa Islands in American Samoa and the easternmost volcanic island of the Samoan Islands. In the early 19th century, the island was sometimes called Opoun.
Faleasao
Village
Faleāsao is a village in American Samoa. Administratively, it is located in Faleāsao County, Manuʻa District, on the northern shore of Taʻū Island. It is divided into two sub-villages: Siʻuaʻi, consisting of the eastern half; and Tufulele, consisting of the western half.
Fitiuta
Village
Fitiuta, also known as Fiti'uta or Maia, is a village on the northeast coast of Taʻū island, one of the Manuʻa Islands in American Samoa. As of the 2010 United States census, it had a population of 153. Fitiuta is situated 6 miles east of Ta’u.
Ta’u
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Manuʻa Islands, American Samoa, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Ta’u” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ታዑ”
- Arabic: “تاعو”
- Azerbaijani: “Ta’u”
- Bengali: “তা‘উ”
- Cebuano: “Ta`ū”
- French: “Ta’u”
- German: “Ta’u”
- Hausa: “Ta’u”
- Hindi: “ता‘उ”
- Indonesian: “Ta’u”
- Japanese: “タウ”
- Javanese: “Ta’u”
- Kazakh: “Та’у”
- Kirghiz: “Та’у”
- Malay: “Ta’u”
- Oromo: “Ta’u”
- Panjabi: “ਤਾ‘ਉ”
- Persian: “تاعو”
- Portuguese: “Ta’u”
- Pushto: “تاعو”
- Russian: “Та’у”
- Somali: “Ta’u”
- Spanish: “Ta’u”
- Swahili: “Ta’u”
- Swedish: “Ta`ū”
- Tajik: “Та’у”
- Tatar: “Та’у”
- Turkish: “Ta’u”
- Urdu: “تاعو”
- Uzbek: “Ta’u”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Faleselau Ridge and Tau Airport.
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