Tafa'igata is a village in the central region of
Upolu
Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is long and in area, making it the second largest of the Samoan Islands by area. With approximate ...
island in
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited ...
. The village population is 998.
Tafa'igata is part of Faleata West Electoral Constituency (''Faipule District'') which forms part of the larger political district of
Tuamasaga
Tuamāsaga is a district of Samoa, with a population (2016 census) of 95,907. This makes it the most populous district in Samoa. The geographic area of Tuamasaga covers the central part of Upolu island, and includes the capital, Apia.
History an ...
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The area around Tafaigata is also home to the Tafaigata Shooting Range (a venue for the
2007 South Pacific Games), the secondary education campus of the
Robert Louis Stevenson School, the
Tafaigata prison and a large
landfill site
A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was ...
.
References
Populated places in Tuamasaga
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