Falehau

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Falehau
Village
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Falehau
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Coordinates: 15°56′43.32″S173°45′56.61″W / 15.9453667°S 173.7657250°W / -15.9453667; -173.7657250
Country Tonga
Island Niuatoputapu
Area
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0.17 km2 (0.066 sq mi)
Elevation
7 m (23 ft)

Falehau is a village on the island of Niuatoputapu in Tonga. The population is 218. [1]

The other two villages on Niuatoputapu are Hihifo, which is the main village on the island, and Vaipoa.

Falehau was extensively damaged by the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami. [2] The tsunami resulted from an 8.0 Mw earthquake in the Samoan Islands region at 06:48:11 local time on 29 September 2009 (17:48:11 UTC). [3]

References

  1. ↑ "PRELIMINARY RESULT TONGA POPULATION CENSUS 2021" (PDF). Tonga Statistics Department. 24 December 2021. p. 5. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Looking back | 4 years after devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Magnitude 8.0 – SAMOA ISLANDS REGION Archived 7 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Report on U.S. Geological Service's website. Retrieved online d.d. 29 September 2009.


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