American Samoa Districts
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Districts of American Samoa
Updates:
A correspondent mentioned that the
constitution
of American Samoa
names Fagatogo as the seat of government (Art. V Sec. 9) and Eastern and Western
as two of the political districts (Art. V Sec. 10). These were listed as Pago Pago, Eastern Tutuila,
and Western Tutuila, respectively.
I agree that the districts should be named Eastern and Western. I've made those changes on this page.
The capital is not a cut-and-dried issue, though. Many sources - including the widely copied CIA World
Factbook - still list Pago Pago as the capital. Some sources say it's "Pago Pago (Fagatogo)". This
Census
Bureau map
shows clearly that Pago Pago and Fagatogo are separate, but neighboring, villages within
Ma'oputasi county. Some sources say that Pago Pago is the capital and Fagatogo is the seat of government.
It can also be argued that Pago Pago is the common name for the agglomeration around Pago Pago Harbor. I
generally go along with the majority of respected reference sources, and in this case most of them agree
on Pago Pago. For a discussion of the principles involved in identifying a capital, click on the "i"
(info) icon at the end of the next line.
Country overview:
Short name
| AMERICAN SAMOA
|
ISO code
| AS
|
FIPS code
| AQ
|
Languages
| English (en), Samoan (sm)
|
Time zone
| -11
|
Capital
| Pago Pago
|
On 1900-02-19, the interested European powers recognized American Samoa as a territory of the United
States. Swain's Island was added in 1925.
Other names of country:
- Danish: Amerikansk Samoa
- Dutch: Amerikaans Samoa
- English: Territory of American Samoa (formal)
- French: Samoa
fp
am?ricaines
- German: Amerikanisch-Samoa
- Icelandic: Sam?aeyjar
- Italian: Samoa americane
- Norwegian: Amerikansk Samoa
- Portuguese: Samoa Americana
- Samoan: Amerika Samoa
- Spanish: Samoa Americana, Samoa Estadounidense
- Turkish: Amerikan Samoası
Origin of name:
American possessions in Samoan Islands
Primary subdivisions:
American Samoa is divided into three districts and some additional territory which is unorganized.
District
| HASC
| FIPS
| Pop-2000
| Pop-1990
| Pop-1980
| Area(km.²)
| Area(mi.²)
| Islands
|
Eastern
| AS.ET
| 010
| 23,441
| 21,175
| 17,311
| 67
| 26
| Aunuu, Tutuila (part)
|
Manu'a
| AS.MA
| 020
| 1,378
| 1,714
| 1,732
| 57
| 22
| Ofu, Olosega, Tau
|
Western
| AS.WT
| 050
| 32,435
| 23,868
| 13,227
| 75
| 29
| Tutuila (part)
|
Unorganized
| AS.UU
| *
| 37
| 16
| 29
| 2
| 1
| Swain's Island, Rose Island
|
4 divisions
| 57,291
| 46,773
| 32,399
| 200
| 77
| |
- District:
Except for "Unorganized", which has no status.
- HASC:
Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes
.
- FIPS:
Codes from FIPS PUB 6-4 *
- Pop-2000:
Census 2000-04-01
- Pop-1990:
Census 1990-04-01
- Pop-1980:
Census 1980-04-01
- Islands:
Islands contained in this district.
|
* Note that this is not the same as FIPS PUB 10-4, which is shown for many countries. FIPS PUB 6-4
codes are used to represent second-level administrative divisions of the United States. The codes for
American Samoa in FIPS PUB 5-2 (states and territories of the U.S.) are
AS
(alpha) and
60
(numeric). When the FIPS 5-2 and 6-4 codes are concatenated, as in
60020
for Manu'a, the result is a code that uniquely identifies a county-equivalent unit in the United States.
In addition to the codes listed,
030
is used for Rose Island and
040
for Swain's
Island.
Postal codes:
The postal code for the entire country is 96799, part of the U.S. system.
Further subdivisions:
See the
Counties of American Samoa
page.
The territory is further subdivided into 15 counties.
Other names of subdivisions:
- Eastern: Eastern Tutuila (variant)
- Western: Western Tutuila (variant)