Tafa'igata is a village in the central region of Upolu

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, in area, and is the second largest in geographic area as well as the most populated of the Samoan Islands. Upolu is situated to the east of...

 island in Samoa

Samoa

Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...

. The village population is 527 (2006 Census).

Tafa'igata is part of Faleata West Electoral Constituency (Faipule District) which forms part of the larger political district of Tuamasaga

Tuamasaga

Tuamasaga is a district of Samoa, with a population of 83,191. The geographic area of Tuamasaga covers the central part of Upolu island....

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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

Robert Louis Stevenson School, Samoa

Robert Louis Stevenson School is a private primary and secondary school in Apia, the capital of Samoa. It was established in 1987. In 2004-5 it had 660 pupils and 33 teachers...

, the Tafaigata prison and a large landfill site

Landfill

A landfill site , is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment...

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