Tafuna, American Samoa
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Tafuna' is a village
on the east coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa
. It is located on a peninsular a mile north of Pago Pago International Airport
and one mile south of Nu'uuli, 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.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
on the east coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa
American Samoa
American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...
. It is located on a peninsular a mile north of Pago Pago International Airport
Pago Pago International Airport
Pago Pago International Airport , also referred to as Tafuna Airport , Tafuna Airfield, Tafuna Airbase or Pago Pago International with airport designation PPG is a public airport located seven miles southwest of the central business district of Pago Pago, in the village and plains of Tafuna on...
and one mile south of Nu'uuli, American Samoa
Nu'uuli, American Samoa
Nu'uuli is a village on the central east coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on a peninsula several miles up from Pago Pago International Airport....
. Tafuna is the largest village in American Samoa, with a population of 8,209 according to the US Census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
in 2000, and is the center of nightlife on the island.