American Samoa Country Info - Oceania

Description and Basic Information

American Samoa with its capital Pago Pago is located in Oceania (Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean). It covers some 200 square kilometres (slightly larger than Washington, DC) with 57,881 citizens. English, Samoan and Tonga (Tonga Islands) are the languages commonly used by the people in American Samoa (consider regional differences).

American Samoa is a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean that lie about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand and about 100km east of the island country of Samoa, which is part of the same archipelago. The islands are frequently referred to as Samoa, which is the name of a separate island, and independent country, that used to be known as Western Samoa, that lies about 100km west of American Samoa. Also the whole island group, including Samoa, are often identified as the Samoan islands.

Pictures from Capital (Pago Pago)

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About American Samoa

The landscape features five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island). The average density of population is about 290 per km². The climate in American Samoa can be described as tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds with annual rainfall averages about 3 m, rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October), little seasonal temperature variation. Potential threats by nature are typhoons common from December to March.

To reach someone in American Samoa dial +1-684 prior to a number. There are 10,400 installed telephones. And there are 2,200 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 1900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".as". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 120V - 60Hz. The following list are the 5 regions/states in American Samoa we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total American Samoan population grew at a rate of 1.21% (or by 806 citizens). With 272 deaths and 1,531 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.9%. -454 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in American Samoa: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.