Afao is a village in southwest Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on the island's short southwestern coast, between 'Amanave and Leone, to the southwest of Pago Pago. It includes the settlement of Atauloma. Afao is home to two places listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places: Afao Beach Site and Atauloma Girls School.
In 1899, the London Missionary Society (LMS) started to raise funds to construct a girls’ school at Atauloma, and after $10,000 had been collected, Commandant Benjamin Franklin Tilley was invited to lay the cornerstone of its concrete structure.Gray, John Alexander Clinton (1980). Amerika Samoa. Arno Press. Page 173. . The girls' school was constructed in 1900 as the second secondary school on Tutuila Island, and the first school on the island to accept female students. It was established by the LMS and provided graduates to the nursing school at the naval station in Pago Pago.United States National Park Service (1994). National register of historic places, 1966–1994: cumulative list through January 1, 1994. U.S. National Park Service. Page 22. . The school is located at the western edge of Afao, in Atauloma and was completed in 1900.
Geography Afao is situated one kilometer northwest of Leone, positioned at the head of Afao Valley. The valley floor extends from sea level up to 300 meters at the surrounding ridge tops.
Demographics
Year Population202096 2010 182 2000 188 1990 145 1980 80 1970 91 1960 52 1950 42 1940 45 1930 48
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