about tafuna

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.

Tafuna is the principal area for the development of housing and industry in American Samoa. It is one of the few places in American Samoa where the most freehold land is found. Public utilities, the international airport, and light industry are based on the Tafuna Plain. Tafuna's commercial strip is lined with businesses, government offices, recreational facilities, school institutions, service industries, and shops. It encompasses the constituent villages of Petesa, Faga'ima, Kokoland, and Ottoville.

LANDMARKS

  • Veterans Memorial Stadium

  • Cathedral of the Holy Family

  • Tradewinds Hotel

  • Lions Park

  • Tia Seu Lupe historical site at Fatuoaiga

  • Tony Sola'ita Baseball Field

  • DYWA Gym

  • Pacific Horizon School

  • Tafuna Elementary

  • South Pacific Academy

  • Kanana Fou High School

  • Nu'u'uli Vo-Tech High School

  • Tafuna High School

  • American Samoa US Army Reserve Center (AS004)

GEOGRAPHY

The village of Tafuna compromises the eastern bulk of Tuālāuta County. Its defining geographical feature, the Tafuna Plain, is a Holocene era, 8.9 square miles (23 km2) volcanic plain on Tutuila Island. Besides the plateau at A’oloaufou, the Leone-Tafuna Plain is the only major flat land on Tutuila Island. Late-stage volcanic eruptions formed the large flat plain. Near the Catholic church at Ottoville is an archeological park containing a well-preserved ancient Polynesian mound as well as a rainforest reserve.