High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Safa'atoa is a village on the island of Upolu in Samoa. It is situated on the south west side of the island. Safa'atoa is in the electoral constituency (faipule district) of Lefaga & Falese'ela which forms part of the larger political district A'ana. The population of Safa'atoa is 606 (2006 Census). Upolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is 75 kilometres (47 mi) long, 1,125 km2 (434 sq mi) in area, and is the second largest in geographic area as well as the most populated of the Samoan islands. Upolu is situated to the east of the "big island", Savai'i. The capital Apia is in the middle of the north coast with Faleolo International Airport at the western end of the island. The island has not had any historically recorded eruptions, although three lava flows date back only a few hundred to a few thousand years.