availability: males 15–49, 6,142,818; 3,780,873 fit for military service; 293,175 reach military age (19) annually
_#Defense expenditures: $857 million, 1.8% of GDP (1991) % @American Samoa (territory of the US) *Geography #_Total area: 199 km2; land area: 199 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Washington, DC
_#_Land boundaries: none
_#_Coastline: 116 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth);
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Climate: tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds; annual rainfall averages 124 inches; rainy season from November to April, dry season from May to October; little seasonal temperature variation
_#_Terrain: five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls
_#_Natural resources: pumice and pumicite
_#_Land use: arable land 10%; permanent crops 5%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 75%; other 10%
_#_Environment: typhoons common from December to March
_#_Note: Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough seas and protected by peripheral mountains from high winds; strategic location about 3,700 km south-southwest of Honolulu in the South Pacific Ocean about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand
_*People #_Population: 43,052 (July 1991), growth rate 2.9% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 41 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 4 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 8 immigrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 11 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 74 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 5.4 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—American Samoan(s); adjective—American Samoan
_#_Ethnic divisions: Samoan (Polynesian) 90%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 2%, other 6%
_#_Religion: Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant denominations and other 30%
_#_Language: Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages) and English; most people are bilingual
_#_Literacy: 97% (male 97%, female 97%) age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
_#_Labor force: 11,145; government 48%, tuna canneries 33%, other 19% (1986 est.)
_#_Organized labor: NA
_#_Note: about 65,000 American Samoans live in the States of California and Washington and 20,000 in Hawaii
_*Government #_Long-form name: Territory of American Samoa
_#_Type: unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US
_#_Capital: Pago Pago
_#_Administrative divisions: none (territory of the US)
_#_Independence: none (territory of the US)
_#_Constitution: ratified 1966, in effect 1967
_#_National holiday: Flag Day, 17 April (1900)
_#_Executive branch: President of the US, governor, lieutenant governor
_#_Legislative branch: bicameral Legislative Assembly (Fono) consists of an upper house or Senate and a lower house or House of Representatives
_#_Judicial branch: High Court
_#_Leaders:
Chief of State—President George BUSH (since 20 January 1989);
Vice President Dan QUAYLE (since 20 January 1989);
Head of Government—Governor Peter Tali COLEMAN (since 20
January 1989);
Lieutenant Governor Galea'i POUMELE (since NA 1989)
_#_Suffrage: universal at age 18; indigenous inhabitants are US nationals, not US citizens
_#_Elections:
Governor—last held 7 November 1988 (next to be held November 1992); results—Peter T. COLEMAN was elected (percent of vote NA);
Senate—last held 7 November 1988 (next to be held November 1992); results—senators elected by county councils from 12 senate districts; seats—(18 total) number of seats by party NA;
House of Representatives—last held NA November 1990 (next to be held November 1992); results—representatives popularly elected from 17 house districts; seats—(21 total, 20 elected and 1 nonvoting delegate from Swain's Island);
US House of Representatives—last held 19 November 1990 (next to be held November 1992); results—Eni R. F. H. FALEOMAVAEGA reelected as a nonvoting delegate
_#_Communists: none
_#_Member of: IOC, SPC
_#_Diplomatic representation: none (territory of the US)
_#_Flag: blue with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club
_#_Note: administered by the US Department of Interior, Office of Territorial and International Affairs; indigenous inhabitants are US nationals, not citizens of the US
_*Economy #_Overview: Economic development is strongly linked to the US, with which American Samoa does 90% of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private-sector economy, with canned tuna the primary export. The tuna canneries are the second-largest employer, exceeded only by the government. Other economic activities include meat canning, handicrafts, dairy farming, and a slowly developing tourist industry.
_#_GNP: $190 million, per capita $5,210; real growth rate NA% (1985)
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4.3% (1989)
_#_Unemployment rate: 13.4% (1986)
_#_Budget: revenues $51.2 million; expenditures $59.9 million, including capital expenditures of $NA million (1990)
_#_Exports: $288 million (f.o.b., 1987);
commodities—canned
