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Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.

Tutuila -- the largest island in American Samoa -- was settled by 1000 B.C., and the island served as a refuge for exiled chiefs and defeated warriors from the other Samoan islands. The Manu’a Islands, which are also now part of American Samoa, developed a traditional chiefdom that maintained autonomy by controlling oceanic trade. In 1722, Dutch explorer Jacob ROGGEVEEN was the first European to sail through the Manu’a Islands, and he was followed by French explorer Louis Antoine DE BOUGAINVILLE in 1768.

Capital: Pago Pago
Government: unincorporated, unorganized Territory of the US with local self-government;
Population: 43,268
Area: 224 sq km
Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
Climate: tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m;
Natural resources: pumice; pumicite
Languages: Samoan 87.9% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages); English 3.3%; Tongan 2.1%; other Pacific Islander 4.1%…
Religions: Christian 98.3%; other <1%; unaffiliated <1%
Independence: none (territory of the US)
Administrative divisions: no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US government, but 3 districts and 2 islands* are considered s…
Export partners: Australia 31%; UK 18%; Tanzania 9%; UAE 7%…
Import partners: Singapore 28%; NZ 15%; Fiji 14%; Taiwan 11%…

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

Subdivisions

5 on file. Listed because operations, tax and reporting are usually organised at this level rather than nationally.

Name	Type	Code
Western	Region	AS-X05~
Eastern	Region	AS-X01~
Manu's	Region	AS-X02~
Rose Atoll	Region	AS-X03~
Swain's Island	Region	AS-X04~

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Currency: Not on file
Languages: Samoan 87.9% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages); English 3.3%; Tongan 2.1%; other Pacific Islander 4.1%…
Government: unincorporated, unorganized Territory of the US with local self-government;
Climate: tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages about 3 m;

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