Talo'fo'fo, formerly Talofofo, is a village located in the southern part of the
United States
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territory of
Guam
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, on the east coast. The village center is located in the hills above the coast, while the smaller coastal community below the cliff is known as
Ipan.
The village contains two golf courses. Other tourist attractions include Jeff's Pirate's Cove Restaurant and Museum, Talofofo Caves,
Talofofo Falls Resort Park,
Ipan Beach Resort and a Talofofo River boat cruise to an ancient Chamorro village.
Japanese holdout
Japanese holdouts ( ja, 残留日本兵, translit=Zanryū nipponhei, lit=remaining Japanese soldiers) were soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific Theatre of World War II who continued fighting World Wa ...
from
World War II
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Shoichi Yokoi
was a sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World War, and was one of the last three Japanese holdouts to be found after the end of hostilities in 1945. He was discovered in the jungles of Guam on 24 January 1972, almos ...
was discovered by Jesus Duenas and Manuel DeGracia near Talo'fo'fo on January 24, 1972.
[Shoichi Yokoi, police transcripts]
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recreation of his hide out cave is included at the
Talofofo Falls Resort Park.
The village is located south of
Yona
The word Yona in Pali and the Prakrits, and the analogue Yavana in Sanskrit and Yavanar in Tamil, were words used in Ancient India to designate Greek speakers. "Yona" and "Yavana" are transliterations of the Greek word for " Ionians" ( grc, ...
and north of
Inarajan.
Demographics
The
U.S. Census Bureau
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counts the following
census-designated places in the municipality: Talofofo, and Ipan.
Education
Guam Public School System
The Guam Department of Education (GDOE), formerly the Guam Public School System, is a school district that serves the United States territory of Guam. The school district can be thought of as analogous to the school districts of other cities and co ...
serves the island.
Talofofo Elementary School serves elementary school students.
Southern High School in
Santa Rita serves the village.
[Guam's Public High Schools]
." ''Guam Public School System''. Accessed September 8, 2008.
Notre Dame High School, a Catholic high school, is in Talo'fo'fo.
Contact Us
" Notre Dame High School, Inc. Retrieved on October 25, 2010. "Mailing Address: 480 S. San Miguel Street Talofofo, Guam 96915."
Government
Gallery
Image:Talofofocaves.JPG, Talofofo Caves
File:NotreDameTalofofo0.jpg, Notre Dame High School
See also
* Villages of Guam
The United States territory of Guam is divided into nineteen municipalities, called villages. Each village is governed by an elected mayor. Village populations range in size from under 1,000 to over 40,000. In the 2020 census, the total populati ...
References and notes
Census-designated places in Guam
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