Manono is an island of Samoa, situated in the Apolima Strait between the main islands of Savai'i and Upolu, 3.4 km west-northwest off Lefatu Cape, the westernmost point of Upolu.

[2] The neighbouring islands are Apolima, which has a small village settlement and the islet Nu'ulopa.

[3] The majority of people in the Aiga-i-le-Tai district live on the 'mainland' at the west end of Upolu island.

During the 1800s, Manono island was a stronghold for the Methodist church and its early mission in Samoa.

At an annual church meeting here on 21 September 1859, a decision was made to establish a training institution on Upolu island which eventually led to the establishment of Piula Theological College in Lufilufi.