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 (Rose Island, Swains Island)
Natural resources:
pumice, pumicite
Land use:
arable land:
10%
permanent crops:
5%
meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
75%
other:
10%
Irrigated land:
NA sq km
Environment:
rent issues:
NA
ural hazards:
typhoons common from December to March
ernational agreements:
NA
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 in the South
Pacific Ocean
@American Samoa, People
Population:
55,223 (July 1994 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.86% (1994 est.)
Birth rate:
36.63 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Death rate:
4.01 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Net migration rate:
6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
18.78 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total population:
72.91 years
male:
71.03 years
female:
74.85 years (1994 est.)
Total fertility rate:
4.36 children born/woman (1994 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
American Samoan(s)
adjective:
American Samoan
Ethnic divisions:
Samoan (Polynesian) 89%, Caucasian 2%, Tongan 4%, other 5%
Religions:
Christian Congregationalist 50%, Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant
denominations and other 30%
Languages:
Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages),
English; most people are bilingual
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
total population:
97%
male:
97%
female:
97%
Labor force:
14,400 (1990)
by occupation:
government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)
@American Samoa, Government
Names:
conventional long form:
Territory of American Samoa
conventional short form:
American Samoa
Abbreviation:
AS
Digraph:
AQ
Type:
unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by
the US Department of Interior, Office of Territorial and International
Affairs
Capital:
Pago Pago
Administrative divisions:
none (territory of the US)
Independence:
none (territory of the US)
National holiday:
Territorial Flag Day, 17 April (1900)
Constitution:
ratified 1966, in effect 1967
Legal system:
NA
Suffrage:
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state:
President William Jefferson
