Masilamea is a village on the island of

Tongatapu Tongatapu is the main island of Tonga and the site of its capital, Nukualofa. It is located in Tonga's southern island group, to which it gives its name, and is the country's most populous island, with 74,611 residents (2016), 70.5% of the nation ...

Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...

. The village had a population of 284 at the 2021 census.

History

In September 2022 the Tongan government began construction of new homes in the village for displaced survivors of the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami. In December 2022, displaced citizens of the island of Atatā were permanently resettled near the village.

References

Populated places in Tonga {{Tonga-geo-stub