Falehau

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Falehau

| official_name =

| settlement_type = Village

| pushpin_map = Tonga

| pushpin_map_caption = Map showing location of Falehau

| coordinates = {{coord|15|56|43.32|S|173|45|56.61|W}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Tonga

| subdivision_type1 = Island

| subdivision_name1 = Niuatoputapu

| area_total_km2 = 0.17

| elevation_m = 7

}}

Falehau is a village on the island of Niuatoputapu in Tonga. The population is 218.{{cite web |url=https://tongastats.gov.to/download/231/2021/5692/census-2021-preliminary-results_dec-2021.pdf |title=PRELIMINARY RESULT TONGA POPULATION CENSUS 2021 |publisher=Tonga Statistics Department |page=5 |date=24 December 2021 |access-date=31 December 2021}}

The other two villages on Niuatoputapu are Hihifo, which is the main village on the island, and Vaipoa.

Falehau was extensively damaged by the 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami.{{Cite web |title=Looking back {{!}} 4 years after devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-anniversary-japan-earthquake-tsunami-pictures-20150311-photogallery.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} The tsunami resulted from an 8.0 M_w earthquake in the Samoan Islands region at 06:48:11 local time on 29 September 2009 (17:48:11 UTC).[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mdbi.php Magnitude 8.0 – SAMOA ISLANDS REGION] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007165801/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009mdbi.php |date=7 October 2009 }} Report on [http://www.usgs.gov/aboutusgs/ U.S. Geological Service]'s website. Retrieved online d.d. 29 September 2009.