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Fagatogo

Fagatogo is the downtown area of Pago Pago.

Fagatogo
Fagatogo · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Fagatogo is the downtown area of Pago Pago. Located in the low grounds at the foot of Matafao Peak, it was the location of the first American settlement on Tutuila Island. It includes the sub-village of Malaloa. Today, Fagatogo is the government, commercial, financial, and shipping center of Tutuila. It is also the administrative capital of American Samoa. It is the location of the American Samoa Fono (legislature), and is listed in the Constitution of American Samoa as the territory's official seat of government. Its population is 1,445.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Fagatogo

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    National Park of American Samoa

    The National Park of American Samoa is a national park of the United States located in the territory of American Samoa, distributed across three islands: Tutuila, Ofu, and Taʻū. The park preserves and protects coral reefs, tropical rainforests, fruit bats, and the Samoan culture.

    2.8 km · United States national park in American Samoa · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Matafao Peak

    Matafao Peak is a mountain in American Samoa, on the island of Tutuila. With an elevation of 2,142 feet, it is the highest peak on Tutuila Island.

    2.6 km · mountain in United States of America · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Pago Park Soccer Stadium

    Pago Park Soccer Stadium is a soccer stadium in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The capacity is 2,000.

    1.7 km · soccer stadium in American Samoa · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    American Samoa's at-large congressional district

    American Samoa's at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. territorial region of American Samoa. The territory does not have a voting member of Congress but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates and vote in committees of which they are a member.

    2.2 km · at-large U.S. House district for American Samoa · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    American Samoa Senate

    The American Samoa Senate is the upper house of the American Samoa Fono. The Senate, like the lower House of Representatives, is a nonpartisan body.

    500 m · upper house of the American Samoa Fono · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Mount ʻAlava

    Mount ʻAlava is the second-highest mountain on Tutuila Island in American Samoa. Its summit has an elevation of 491 meters.

    1.9 km · mountain in the National Park of American Samoa · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker (Fagatogo, American Samoa)

    The Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in American Samoa, a Territory of the United States.

    300 m · church in American Samoa, United States · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Jean P. Haydon Museum

    The Jean P. Haydon Museum is a museum in Pago Pago dedicated to the culture and history of the United States territory of American Samoa. It contains a collection of canoes, coconut-shell combs, pigs’ tusk armlets and native pharmacopoeia.

    600 m · museum in Pago Pago, American Samoa · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Pago Pago Park

    Pago Pago Park is a 20-acre public recreational and cultural complex located at the head of Pago Pago Harbor in Pago Pago, American Samoa.

    1.2 km · park in Eastern District, American Samoa, United States of America · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Old Vatia

    Old Vatia is a prehistoric village site on the north side of Tutuila, the largest island of American Samoa. The site is located on the Faiga Ridge, above and southwest of the modern village of Vatia, within the National Park of American Samoa.

    3.2 km · prehistoric village site on the north side of Tutuila in American Samoa · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Fagatogo

Airports
Pago Pago (PPG), 6 km · Faleolo (APW), 151 km
  • Apia → Fagatogo
    126 km · quickest by ferry, 9h 29m · $36–126
  • Vava'u Island → Fagatogo
    606 km · quickest by air, 5h 32m · $240–370
  • Wallis Island → Fagatogo
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Fagatogo

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Fagatogo. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inIf you are joining a package tour, the tour company might be able to arrange this for an extra fee; check with them to be sure.
  • Get inThe Faleolo airport in nearby Samoa has wider international connections including Air New Zealand to Auckland in New Zealand, Fiji Airways to Honolulu USA and Nadi in Fiji, Samoa Airways to Maota in Samoa and Pago Pago in American Samoa and Tongatapu in Tonga.
  • Get aroundA weekly ferry service from Pago Pago to the Manu’a Islands is provided by government operated excursion boat.
  • Get aroundRegular small ferries also offer service to and from the island of Aunuʻu.

From Wikivoyage: American Samoa, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    AitutakiCK

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    1,269 km
  2. 02
    Milford Sound / PiopiotahiNZ

    8 ways of moving, 32 sources

    3,936 km
  3. 03
    K'gari (formerly Fraser Island)AU

    8 ways of moving, 31 sources

    3,962 km
  4. 04
    Bruny IslandAU

    11 ways of moving, 24 sources

    5,129 km
  5. 05
    Kangaroo IslandAU

    9 ways of moving, 17 sources

    5,684 km

If you know how people move in Fagatogo – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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