{{Short description|Village in Samoa}} '''Tafua''' is a seaside village on the island of Savai'i in Samoa. It is situated on a peninsula on the southeast coast of the island in Palauli district. The population is 406.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sbs.gov.ws/digi/1-Preliminary%20count%20report%202016.V2.pdf |title=Census 2016 Preliminary count |publisher=Samoa Bureau of Statistics |date= |accessdate=11 September 2021}}</ref>
While traditionally in Palauli, the village is in electoral district of Fa'asaleleaga 1.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Constituencies-Act-2019-Eng.pdf |title=Electoral Constituencies Act 2019 |publisher=Parliament of Samoa |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=11 September 2021 |archive-date=4 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004192918/https://www.palemene.ws/wp-content/uploads/Electoral-Constituencies-Act-2019-Eng.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Tafua Rainforest Preserve== {{multiple image | align = right | image1 = Tafua crater, Savai'i, Samoa (6) - August 2016.jpg | image2 = Tafua crater, Savai'i, Samoa (3) - August 2016.jpg | footer = Tafua volcanic crater. }} The Tafua Rainforest Preserve was established in 1990 as a covenant between the village chiefs (''matai'') and funds from Seacology, model Christie Brinkley and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to protect native rainforests. The preserve includes walking tracks in the rainforest and a path to the Tafua volcanic crater<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c4zuaH62f0YC&q=Tafua+rainforest&pg=PA148|title=Tonga-Samoa Handbook|first=David|last=Stanley|year=1999|page=148|publisher=David Stanely|isbn=1-56691-174-5|accessdate=4 July 2010}}</ref> where there are rare Samoa flying-fox bats. The forest is also one of the few habitats for the endemic and endangered tooth-billed pigeon (''Didunculus strigirostris''), called Manumea, the national bird of Samoa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samoa.travel/sightseeing.aspx?sID=8|work=Samoa Tourism Authority|title=Exploring the rainforests|accessdate=4 July 2010}}</ref> Seacology also funded two fishing boats for the village to help generate local income and livelihoods.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seacology.org/news/newsletters/9701.06.htm|work=Seacology Island Projects|title=Seacology funds fishing boats in Tafua|accessdate=4 July 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827190433/http://www.seacology.org/news/newsletters/9701.06.htm|archivedate=27 August 2008}}</ref>
The coastal village is 6 km from the main road at a turnoff five minutes drive south of Salelologa township and ferry terminal.
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Category:Populated places in Palauli