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American Samoa. American Samoa [c] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific Ocean. Centered on 14.3°S 170.7°W, it is southeast of the island country of Samoa, east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some ...
ʻAoa is a village on the north-east coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. [1] It is located on the north coast, close to the island's eastern tip, at a narrowing of the island and is connected by road with Amouli on the south coast. ʻAoa is the oldest site on Tutuila to yield ceramics. Located in a large U-shaped valley on the northeast ...
The economy of American Samoa is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. [3] Economic activity is strongly linked to the United States, with which American Samoa conducts the great bulk of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned ...
Jason Palmer, the little-known Democratic presidential hopeful who notched a lone, surprising primary win in American Samoa this year, ended his campaign Wednesday. Palmer, an education technology ...
Fagatogo, American Samoa. / 14.27917°S 170.69028°W / -14.27917; -170.69028. Fagatogo is the downtown area of Pago Pago (the territorial capital of American Samoa ). [2] Located in the low grounds at the foot of Matafao Peak, it was the location of the first American settlement on Tutuila Island. It includes the sub-village of Malaloa. [3]
Members of the American Samoa Fono had already been attending budget hearings in Washington for over a decade by 1970. During a special session held in July 1969, Salanoa Aumoeualogo , the President of the American Samoa Senate , introduced Senate Bill 54 to create a delegate at-large to Washington with four-year terms ( without congressional ...
The COVID-19 pandemic in American Samoa is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached the unincorporated United States territory of American Samoa on November 9, 2020.
The Samoa Time Zone [1] or Samoa Standard Time ( SST) [2] observes standard time by subtracting eleven hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-11:00 ). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 165th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory . The zone includes the U.S. territory of American Samoa, as well as the ...