Vaipoa is one of three villages on the island of Niuatoputapu in Tonga."ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT" The World Bank. Retrieved 2013-11-17. The population is 172.
The other two villages on Niuatoputapu are Hihifo, which is the main village on the island, and Falehau.
Niuatoputapu was extensively damaged in the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami with a number of fatalities.
The tsunami followed an earthquake of an 8.0 Mw earthquake in the Samoan Islands region at 06:48:11 local time on 29 September 2009 (17:48:11 UTC).Magnitude 8.0 - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION Report on U.S. Geological Service's website. Retrieved online d.d. 5 October 2009.
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