American Samoa

American Samoa Amerika Sāmoa
Unincorporated and unorganized territory
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Motto: "Sāmoa, Muamua Le Atua" (Samoan) (English: "Samoa, Let God Be First")
Anthem: "Amerika Samoa"
Location of American Samoa (circled in red)
Country	United States
Partition of Samoa	December 2, 1899
Ratification Act	February 20, 1929
Capital	Pago Pago^[a]
Government seat	Fagatogo^[a]
Largest village	Tāfuna
Official languages	English Samoan
Ethnic groups	88.9% Samoans 2.9% Tongan 2.7% Multiracial 2.2% Filipino 2.2% other 1.2% European
Religion	98.3% Christian 1.7% Other
Demonym(s)	American Samoan(official) Samoan(colloquial)
Government	Devolved presidential constitutional dependency

• Governor	Lemanu Peleti Mauga (D)
• Lt. Governor	Salo Ale (D)

Legislature	Fono
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Representatives
United States Congress
• House delegate	Amata Coleman Radewagen (R)
Area
• Total	77 sq mi (200 km²)
Highest elevation	970 m (3,170 ft)
Population
• 2021 estimate	46,366^[8] (210th)
• Density	670.8/sq mi (259.0/km²)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$658 million^[8]
• Per capita	$11,200^[8]^[9]
Currency	United States dollar (US$) (USD)
Time zone	UTC−11:00 (SST)
Date format	mm/dd/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+1-684
USPS abbreviation	AS
ISO 3166 code	AS US-AS
Internet TLD	.as

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