Place:American Samoa

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NameAmerican Samoa
Alt namesAmerika Samoasource: Wikipedia
Amerikaans Samoasource: Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 22
Amerikanisch-Samoasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 319
Eastern Samoasource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 336; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 44
Samoasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-151
Samoa Americanasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 319
Samoa américainessource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 319
TypeNation
Coordinates14.317°S 170.5°W
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Faleasao
Fitiuta
Maia
Ofu
Olosega
Si'ufage
Tau
Island
Swains
Tutuila
Island group
Manu'a
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Independent State of Samoa (formerly known as Western Samoa). The main (largest and most populous) island is Tutuila, with the 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. To the west are the islands of the Wallis and Futuna group.

The 2010 census showed a total population of 55,519 people. The total land area is , slightly more than Washington, D.C. American Samoa is the southernmost territory of the United States.

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