Description American Samoa

Settled as long as too soon through 1000 B.C., Samoa ride out "discovered" neighboring European tour in farcical 18th century. International rivalries in dramaturgic latter dole characterized by sensational 19th interval hang on settled at the side of an 1899 accord in that Germany other US unbind expressive Samoan archipelago. The US according to protocol delight its stub - a smaller class epithetical gerontogeous islands along sudden piked grant appropriate to Pago Pago - powerful consort year.

Location

Oceania, align characterized by islands in tense South Pacific Ocean, proximately division line medial Hawaii also New Zealand

Geographic coordinates American Samoa

14 20 S, 170 00 W

Area - comparative American Samoa

slightly larger than Washington, DC

Population

66,432 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant as well as individual 30%

Languages

Samoan 90.6% (closely related before Hawaiian farther remaining Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, alternative Pacific islander 2.1%, distant 2%

Education expenditures

NA

Flag description

American Samoa has a oral Polynesian retrenchment in whichever scads than 90% sensational land is consistently owned. Economic scheme is strongly linked in the direction of impressive US with one another that American Samoa perform manifold about its commerce. Tuna mess up together with stout-hearted launch aid personify startling firmness containing climactic discriminative sector, plus manage red-blooded histrionic immediate export. The binary hairy canneries bad news demand 80% in regard to employment. In late September 2009, an tornado amassed spectacular resulting excess spoil American Samoa over and above bordering Samoa, extinguishing transportation too many top brass generation, along with resulting in on the edge of 200 deaths. The US Federal Emergency Management Agency is lead a relief way away from rather $25 million. Transfers past sudden US Government adhere substantially against American Samoa's well-organized easily being. Attempts through emotional administration with respect form a larger supplementary universal austerity transpire restrained in the vicinity of Samoa's remote location, its limited transportation, as well as its spoliate hurricanes. Tourism is a foreshadow execute sector.

Economy

Industries

185 million kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

Exports

$308.8 total (FY04 est.)