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Jun 22, 2021 · Official name: American Samoa. Type of territory: Organized, unincorporated territory of the United States. Capital: Pago Pago, located on Tutuila Island. Population (2021 estimate): 46,366. Location: American Samoa is located in Oceania, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand. Official languages: Samoan and English.
May 19 – The very first Financial Institution known as The Bank of American Samoa was established to provide necessary banking services and “to induce the natives to save money.” (See, A History of American Samoa:191) (Na tatalaina ai le uluai Faletupe o Amerika Samoa ina ia faigofie ona faasaoina ai tupe a tagatanuu o Amerika Samoa.) 1915
Lemanu Peleti Mauga . Governor of American Samoa. Office of the Governor. Executive Office Building. Third Floor, Utulei. Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799. 1 (684) 633-4116. 1 (684) 633-2269 Fax. Website.
Both Samoa's early history and its more recent history are strongly connected to the histories of Tonga and Fiji, nearby islands with which Samoa has long had genealogical links as well as shared cultural traditions. European explorers first reached the Samoan islands in the early 18th century. In 1768, Louis-Antoine de Bougainville named them ...
Apr 9, 2024 · Samoa lies approximately 80 miles (130 km) west of American Samoa, 1,800 miles (2,900 km) northeast of New Zealand, and 2,600 miles (4,200 km) southwest of Hawaii.Samoa, which shares the Samoan archipelago with American Samoa, consists of nine islands west of longitude 171° W—Upolu, Savai‘i, Manono, and Apolima, all of which are inhabited, and the uninhabited islands of Fanuatapu, Namu ...
History and Geography of the Territory American Samoa Geography and Climate. Populated by about 60,000 people, this far-flung corner of America is located in the South Pacific Ocean near the Independent State of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) and other island nations (e.g., Tonga, Fiji, and the Cook Islands).
Feb 28, 2015 · The Samoan culture is Polynesia's oldest. We believe the first people of the Samoan Islands came by sea from southwest Asia some 3,000 years ago. Over the centuries, distinct cultural traits emerged that we now call fa'asamoa (fah-ah-SAH-mo-ah). From Samoa seafaring explorers and settlers journeyed to other Polynesian island groups hundreds of ...
