Tula is a village in the Eastern District of Tutuila Island in American Samoa. Tula is located in Vaifanua County and had a population of 405 as of the 2010 U.S. Census.[1]
Tula is located on Cape Matātula. It is the site of the former upland ridge settlement of Lefutu (AS-21-002).[2]
Tula is the easternmost village on Tutuila Island,[3][4] and is situated on the rugged northeast cape of Matātula.[5] It is home to wide, white sand beaches and a prehistoric quarry. The Samoa Observatory, established in 1974 by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), sits on Cape Matātula just outside the village of Tula.[6] NASA's Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE) measures more than 40 trace gases involved in stratospheric ozone depletion, climate change, and air quality at the observatory.[7]
Cape Matā'ula and the nearby village of Onenoa feature small plantations, high cliffs, and forested slopes.[8]
Tula was one of the first settlements on Tutuila, having been settled by 600 BCE.[10][11] Numerous ancient artifacts have been discovered at the prehistoric quarry near the town.[12]
Composer and radio host Iosefa Salanoa Solatoa (1925-1985) was born and raised in Tula. He composed one of the most popular songs in the Samoan Islands, “Le Eleele ua le Malie i Vai”, and later became President of the Samoan Civic Association of Hawai’i.[13]
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