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Territory of American Samoa
Teritori o Amerika Sāmoa (Samoan)
Flag of American Samoa
Seal of American Samoa
Flag Seal
Motto: "Samoa, Let God Be First"
"Sāmoa, Muamua Le Atua" (Samoan)
Anthem:
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Amerika Samoa
Location of American Samoa
Status Unincorporated and unorganized territory
Capital Pago Pago
Largest village Tafuna
Official languages English
Samoan
Common languages
88.6% Samoan
3.9% English
2.7% Tongan
4.8% Other
Ethnic groups
88.9% Samoan
2.9% Tongan
2.7% Multiracial
2.2% Filipino
2.2% Other
1.2% Caucasian
Religion
98.3% Christian
1.7% Other
Demonym American Samoan (official)
Samoan (colloquial)
Sovereign state United States
Government Territorial presidential constitutional republic
• President
Donald Trump (R)
• Governor
Lolo Matalasi Moliga (D)
• Lieutenant Governor
Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D)
• Delegate
Amata Coleman Radewagen (R)
Legislature Fono
• Upper house
Senate
• Lower house
House of Representatives
Unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States
• Treaty of Berlin
June 14, 1889
• Tripartite Convention
December 2, 1899
• Deed of Cession of Tutuila
April 17, 1900
• Deed of Cession of Manu'a
July 16, 1904
• Annexation of Swains Island
March 4, 1925
• Ratification Act
February 20, 1929
• Constitution
April 27, 1960
Area
• Total
199 km2 (77 sq mi) (212th)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2016 estimate
54,194 (n/a)
• 2010 census
55,519
• Density
272/km2 (704.5/sq mi) (n/a)
GDP (PPP) 2013 estimate
• Total
$711 million
• Per capita
$13,000
Currency United States dollar (USD)
Time zone Samoa Standard Time (SST) (UTC-11)
Drives on the Right[1]
Calling code +1 684
ISO 3166 code AS
Internet TLD .as
Website
www.americansamoa.gov
American Samoa (Listeni/əˈmɛrᵻkən səˈmoʊ.ə/; Samoan: Amerika Sāmoa, [aˈmɛɾika ˈsaːmʊa]; also Amelika Sāmoa or Sāmoa Amelika) is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Samoa.[3]
American Samoa consists of five main islands and two coral atolls. The largest and most populous island is Tutuila, with the Manuʻa Islands, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island also included in the territory. It is part of the Samoan Islands chain, located west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 300 miles (500 km) south of Tokelau. To the west are the islands of the Wallis and Futuna group.
The 2010 census showed a total population of 55,519 people.[4] The total land area is 199 square kilometers (76.8 sq mi), slightly more than Washington, D.C. American Samoa is the southernmost territory of the U.S. and one of two U.S. territories south of the Equator, along with the uninhabited Jarvis Island. Tuna products are the main exports, and the main trading partner is the United States.
During the 1918 flu pandemic, Governor John Martin Poyer quarantined the territory, and American Samoa was one of the few places in the world where no flu-related deaths occurred because of his actions.
American Samoa is noted for having the highest rate of military enlistment of any U.S. state or territory. As of September 9, 2014, the local U.S. Army Recruiting Station in Pago Pago was ranked first in production out of the 885 Army recruiting stations and centers under the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC), which includes the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Korea, Japan, and Europe.[5]
Most American Samoans are bilingual and can speak English and Samoan fluently. Samoan is the same language spoken in neighboring independent Samoa.