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Faga'alu

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Country
  
United States

Area
  
107 ha

Population
  
1,122 (2012)

Territory
  
American Samoa

Local time
  
Saturday 4:30 PM

Faga'alu

Weather
  
30°C, Wind E at 21 km/h, 77% Humidity

Faga'alu is a village in central Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on the eastern shore of Pago Pago Harbor, to the south of Pago Pago. American Samoa's lone hospital, Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center, is located in Faga'alu.

Contents

Map of Fagaalu, Eastern, American Samoa

Notable residents

  • Elama Fa’atonu - Olympic sprinter for the American Samoa
  • Anthony Liu - Olympic judoka
  • Leonard Peters - former football safety and current rugby union player
  • Junior Sifa - American rugby union player
  • Kaino Thomsen-Fuataga - Samoan Olympic taekwondo practitioner
  • Nathaniel Tuamoheloa - Olympic wrestler for ASA
  • Ching Maou Wei - Olympic swimmer
  • Jerome Kaino - New Zealand rugby union player (born in Faga'alu, raised in Auckland, New Zealand)

    • References

    Faga'alu Wikipedia
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