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  Align center style="vertical-align: top" colspan=2 <small>''National Motto : Samoa, Muamua Le Atua (Samoa, Let God Be First)''</small>
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  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Official_languages" class="copylinks">Official Languages '''
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Samoan_language" class="copylinks">Samoan , English
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Capital" class="copylinks">Capital ''' Fagatogo (constitutional and ''de facto'' seat of government) executive offices are located in Utulei
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Head_of_State" class="copylinks">Head Of State '''
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/George_W_Bush" class="copylinks">George W Bush
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Governor_of_American_Samoa" class="copylinks">Governor '''
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Togiola_Tulafono" class="copylinks">Togiola Tulafono
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Area" class="copylinks">Area '''<br />&nbsp- Total <br />&nbsp- % water
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/List_of_countries_by_area" class="copylinks">Ranked 226th <br /> 199 Km&2 (768&nbsp Sq&nbspmi ) <br /> 0%
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Population" class="copylinks">Population '''
  "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/List_of_countries_by_population" class="copylinks">Ranked 203rd
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Currency" class="copylinks">Currency ''' USD
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Time_zone" class="copylinks">Time Zone ''' UTC -11 (no DST)
  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/National_anthem" class="copylinks">National Anthem ''' Amerika Samoa
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  ''' "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/List_of_country_calling_codes" class="copylinks">Calling Code '''
  Style "background:#efefef" align="center" colspan="2" Fatu Rock (right) and Futi Rock (left), islets on the reef of Tutuila at the entrance to Pago Pago Harbor (seen behind Fatu)





The villages for the Manu'a district are:

# Faleasao
# Leusoali'i
# Luma
# Maia
# Ofu
# Olosega
# Si'ufaga
# Sili

There is one village on Swains Island. Rose Island is an uninhabited wildlife refuge.


TRIVIA

  • American Samoa is the location of Rose Atoll , the southernmost point in the United States (if Insular Area s and territories are included); see Extreme Points for more information).

  • About 30 ethnic Samoans, many from American Samoa, currently play in the ).

  • Persons born in American Samoa are United States Nationals , but not United States Citizen s. This is the only circumstance under which an individual would be one and not the other.

  • Although many respected reference sources list the neighboring village of Pago Pago as the capital, Fagatogo is the ''de facto'' and ''de jure'' (i.e., constitutionally designated; cf. Article 5, Section 9) seat of government. Additionally, the governor's office is located in the village of Utulei, located on the opposite side of Fagatogo from Pago Pago. The reason why many sources list Pago Pago is because the name Pago Pago, the most popular port of call in American Samoa, has become associated with the harbor itself; thus Pago Pago is now generally applied to the harbor area and the capital. However, both the port itself and the legislature of American Samoa—known as the Fono—are located in Fagatogo, a village that is adjacent to (and for all practical purposes indistinguishable from) Pago Pago. (Cf. Wikipedia entry for Pago Pago .)

  • In March of 1889, a German naval force shelled a village in Samoa , and by doing so destroyed some American property. Three American warships then entered the Samoan harbor and were prepared to fire on the three German warships found there. Before guns were fired, a hurricane blew up and sank all the ships, American and German. A compulsory Armistice was called because of the lack of warships.



SEE ALSO

Scouting In American Samoa


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CIA Factbook Data

''From the CIA World Factbook 2000:''


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