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Tafuna, American Samoa

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Territory
  
American Samoa

Population
  
9,756 (2012)

Area
  
6.54 km²

Local time
  
Friday 5:23 PM

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Country
  
United States of America

Weather
  
31°C, Wind SE at 21 km/h, 84% Humidity

Tafuna' is a village on the east coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on a peninsula a mile north of Pago Pago International Airport and one mile south of Nu'uuli, American Samoa.

Map of Tafuna, Western, American Samoa

Tafuna is the largest village in American Samoa, with a population of 8,209 according to the US Census in 2000, and is the center of nightlife on the island. The Cathedral of the Holy Family (1986) located in the village is the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa–Pago Pago.

Pago Pago International Airport has the headquarters of Inter Island Airways. It contains the headquarters of Island Choice Factory, along with Tradewide Hotel and a Cost U Less supermarket. Kanana Fou Private School was built in the village in 1979 for the Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa.

References

Tafuna, American Samoa Wikipedia