Taulaga is a deserted village on Swains Island,

American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internationa ...

(nearby Etena is also deserted). It had the majority of the island's population of 17, a

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, a communications center, and a

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. It was hit heavily by

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in 2005. Taulaga is in the northwest of the

atoll An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can gr ...

. The 2020 census recorded no people living on Swains Island, suggesting the village has no residents.

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Villages in American Samoa {{AmericanSamoa-geo-stub