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Tafuna

Tafuna is a in Tualauta County, Western District, . It is the most populous village in American Samoa, with a population of 7,988 according to the 2020 U.S. census.
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  • Type: Town with 7,950 residents
  • Description: village on Tutuila, American Samoa
  • Also known as: “Tāfuna”, “Tafuna AS”, and “Tafuna, American Samoa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pago Pago International Airport and Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Aerodrome
Photo: WhiteBook, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Tafuna Airport, is a public located 7 miles southwest of the central business district of Pago Pago, in the village and plains of Tafuna on the island of in , an unincorporated territory of the .

Stadium
The is a sports located in Tafuna, American Samoa. The 5,000-capacity venue is one of the smallest stadiums in Oceania, and serves as American Samoa's national stadium.

School
is a public high school located in the village of Tafuna, Tuālāuta County, , American Samoa. It is one of the 6 public high schools under the jurisdiction of the American Samoa Department of Education.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Malaeimi and Faleniu.

Village
is a village in , located in Tuālāuta County. The village is home to a large number of shops and restaurants, including eateries serving native cuisine alongside Filipino, Italian, Vietnamese, and American.

Village
is a in the west of Tutuila Island, . It is located inland from the village of Tafuna, in Tuālāuta County. Its name translates to "the home in the palm grove." Another translation is "House of coconuts".

Village
is a village of . It is in Tuālāuta on the main island of American Samoa, .

Tafuna

Latitude
-14.32783° or 14° 19′ 40″ south
Longitude
-170.72554° or 170° 43′ 32″ west
Population
7,950
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
52QFM7CF+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8600089272
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5881192
Wiki­data ID
Q1019488
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Tafuna” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Տաֆունա”
  • Cebuano: “Tāfuna”
  • Chinese: “塔富納”
  • Chinese: “塔富纳”
  • Dutch: “Tafuna”
  • Estonian: “Tafuna”
  • German: “Tafuna”
  • German: “Tāfuna”
  • Irish: “Tafuna”
  • Italian: “Tafuna”
  • Japanese: “タフナ”
  • Malay: “Tafuna, Samoa Amerika”
  • Malay: “Tafuna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tafuna”
  • Norwegian: “Tafuna”
  • Persian: “تافونا”
  • Polish: “Tafuna”
  • Portuguese: “Tafuna”
  • Russian: “Тафуна”
  • Samoan: “Tafuna”
  • South Azerbaijani: “تافونا”
  • Spanish: “Tafuna (Samoa Americana)”
  • Spanish: “Tafuna”
  • Swedish: “Tāfuna”
  • Urdu: “تافونا، امریکی سمووا”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Kananafou Theological Seminary College Sports Field.

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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 “Tafuna”. Photo: Eddy23, CC BY-SA 4.0.