Tutuila
Tutuila is the most populous island in American Samoa, and is home to its capital, Pago Pago, and principal airport. Tutuila is a fairly small and narrow island, measuring roughly 33 km across and little more than 3 mi from north to south at its widest point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Pago Pago.
Pago Pago
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Pago Pago is the capital city of American Samoa. In the Samoan language it is pronounced "Pahngo-Pahngo".
Places of Interest
Highlights include Matafao Peak and Tau.
Matafao Peak
Peak
Matafao Peak is a mountain in American Samoa, on the island of Tutuila. With an elevation of 653 metres, it is the highest peak on Tutuila Island. The mountain, like Rainmaker Mountain across Pago Pago Harbor, is a remnant of a volcanic plug and is part of the volcanic origins of the island.
Pago Pago International Airport
Aerodrome
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Pago Pago International Airport, also known as Tafuna Airport, is a public airport located 7 miles southwest of the central business district of Pago Pago, in the village and plains of Tafuna on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tafuna and Fagatogo.
Tafuna
Town
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Tafuna is a village in Tualauta County, Western District, American Samoa. It is the most populous village in American Samoa, with a population of 7,988 according to the 2020 U.S. census.
Fagatogo
Village
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Fagatogo is the downtown area of Pago Pago. Located in the low grounds at the foot of Matafao Peak, it was the location of the first American settlement on Tutuila Island.
Faleniu
Village
Faleniu is a village in the west of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. 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".
Tutuila
- Type: Island
- Description: largest island in American Samoa
- Also known as: “Maouna Island”, “Mouna”, “Toomahlooah”, “Tootaillah Island”, “Tootooellah”, “Tutuila Island”, “Tutuilla”, “Tutuilla Island”, and “Tutyella”
- Category: landform
- Location: Eastern District, American Samoa, Polynesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Tutuila” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “توتويلا”
- Asturian: “Tutuila”
- Basque: “Tutuila”
- Belarusian: “востраў Тутуіла”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Тутуіла”
- Belarusian: “Тутуіла (востраў)”
- Belarusian: “Тутуіла”
- Catalan: “Tutuila”
- Cebuano: “Tutuila Island”
- Chinese: “Tutuila Tó”
- Chinese: “图图伊拉岛”
- Chinese: “圖圖伊拉島”
- Czech: “Tutuila”
- Danish: “Tutuila”
- Dutch: “Tutuila”
- Egyptian Arabic: “توتويلا”
- Faroese: “Tutuila”
- Finnish: “Tutuila”
- French: “Tutuila”
- Galician: “Tutuila”
- Georgian: “ტუტუილა”
- German: “Tutuila”
- Hebrew: “טוטווילה”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Tutuila”
- Italian: “Tutuila”
- Japanese: “トゥトゥイラ島”
- Korean: “투투일라섬”
- Latin: “Tutuila”
- Latvian: “Tutuila”
- Lithuanian: “Tutuila”
- Malay: “Gunung Berapi Tutuila”
- Malayalam: “ടൂടൂഈല”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Tutuila Tó”
- Persian: “توتوئیلا”
- Polish: “Tutuila”
- Portuguese: “Tutuila”
- Pushto: “توتويلا”
- Russian: “Тутуила”
- Samoan: “Tutuila”
- Serbian: “Тутуила”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tutuila”
- Sinhala: “ටුටුයිලා, ඇමරිකානු සැමෝවා”
- Slovak: “Tutuila”
- Spanish: “Isla Tutuila”
- Spanish: “Tutuila”
- Swedish: “Tutuila”
- Thai: “ตูตูวีลา”
- Turkish: “Tutuila”
- Ukrainian: “Тутуїла”
- Urdu: “ٹوٹویلا”
- Vietnamese: “Tutuila”
- Wallisian: “Tutuila”
- Welsh: “Tutuila”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Tutuila”. Photo: Thatotherperson, Public domain.