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Outline of American Samoa

The Flag of American Samoa

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to American Samoa:

American Samoa – unincorporated territory located in the South Pacific Ocean southeast of the Independent State of Samoa.^[1] The main (largest and most populous) island is Tutuila, with the Manuʻa Islands, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island also included in the territory. American Samoa 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.

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: American Samoa
• Official English country name: The United States Territory of American Samoa
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): American Samoan, Samoan
• Demonym(s):
• ISO country codes: AS, ASM, 016
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AS
• Internet country code top-level domain: .as
• Bibliography of American Samoa

Geography of American Samoa

• The American Samoa is: a Territory of the United States, consisting of a group of islands
• Location:
  • Western Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
  • Pacific Ocean
    • South Pacific Ocean
      • Oceania
        • Polynesia
  • Time zone: Samoa Standard Time (UTC-11)
  • Extreme points of American Samoa
    • High: Lata Mountain 966 m (3,169 ft)
    • Low: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: 116 km
• Population of WikiProject Topic outline/Drafts/Topic outline of American Samoa: 68,200 (2007) - 196th most populous country
• Area of WikiProject Topic outline/Drafts/Topic outline of American Samoa: 199 square kilometres (77 sq mi) - 212th largest country
• Atlas of American Samoa

• Superfund sites in American Samoa
• Wildlife of American Samoa
  • Fauna of American Samoa
    • Birds of American Samoa
    • Mammals of American Samoa

• Islands of American Samoa
  • Tutuila
  • Aunu'u
  • Ta'ū
  • Ofu‑Olosega
  • Rose Atoll
  • Swains Island
• Rivers of American Samoa
• Swamps of American Samoa
• World Heritage Sites in American Samoa: None

Administrative divisions of American Samoa

• Districts of American Samoa
  • Counties of American Samoa
    • Villages of American Samoa

• Eastern
• Western
• Manu'a

By District

• Eastern
  • Ituau County
  • Ma'Oputasi County
  • Sa'Ole County
  • Sua County
  • Vaifanua County
• Western
  • Lealataua County
  • Leasina County
  • Tualatai County
  • Tualauta County
• Manu'a
  • Faleasao County
  • Fitiuta County
  • Ofu County
  • Olosega County
  • Ta'u County

Villages of American Samoa

• Capital of American Samoa: Pago Pago
• Villages of American Samoa

Demographics of American Samoa

Politics of American Samoa

• Form of government: A presidential representative democracy that is a self-governing dependency of the United States
• Capital of American Samoa: Pago Pago official
• Elections in American Samoa
• Political parties in American Samoa

Government of American Samoa

• Head of state: President of the United States
• Head of government: Governor of American Samoa
• Cabinet of American Samoa

• American Samoa Fono (bicameral and nonpartisan)
  • Upper house: American Samoa Senate
  • Lower house: American Samoa House of Representatives

Judiciary of American Samoa

• High Court of American Samoa

The United States Territory of American Samoa is a member of:^[1]

• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) (subbureau)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)

• Cannabis in American Samoa
• Constitution of American Samoa
• Human rights in American Samoa
  • LGBT rights in American Samoa
  • Freedom of religion in American Samoa
• Law enforcement in American Samoa

Military of American Samoa

History of American Samoa

• Polynesians settle Samoan archipelago about 1000 BCE
  • Samoans
    • Fa'asamoa
    • Fa'amatai
      • Fono
• European and American contact, 1722–1899
  • Jacob Roggeveen, 1722
  • Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, 1768
  • Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, 1787
  • John Williams, 1830–1839
• United States Territory of American Samoa, since December 2, 1899
  • Anglo-German Samoa Convention, November 14, 1899
  • Division of the Samoan archipelago, December 2, 1899
  • Constitution of American Samoa of July 1, 1967
  • National Park of American Samoa established on October 31, 1988

Culture of American Samoa

• Languages of American Samoa
• List of American Samoa territorial symbols
  • Coat of arms of American Samoa
  • Flag of American Samoa
  • National anthem of American Samoa
• People of American Samoa
• Religion in American Samoa
  • Islam in American Samoa
• World Heritage Sites in American Samoa: None

• Music of American Samoa

Sports in American Samoa

• Football in American Samoa
• American Samoa at the Olympics

Economy of American Samoa

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 182nd (one hundred and eight second)
• Communications in American Samoa
  • Internet in American Samoa
• Currency of American Samoa: Dollar
  • ISO 4217: USD
• Transportation in American Samoa
  • Airports in American Samoa

• Topic overview:
  • American Samoa
  • Index of American Samoa-related articles
  • Bibliography of American Samoa
• All pages with titles beginning with American Samoa
• All pages with titles beginning with Samoa
• All pages with titles containing American Samoa
• All pages with titles containing Samoa

• Definitions from Wiktionary

Media from Commons

News from Wikinews

Quotations from Wikiquote

Texts from Wikisource

Textbooks from Wikibooks

Resources from Wikiversity

Wikimedia Atlas of American Samoa

• Government of American Samoa
• American SamoaatCurlie
• American Samoa travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Gay marriage debate in American Samoa

Country Data

• American Samoa. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.