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American Samoa

Despite the palm-trees-wafting-in-the-trade-winds image, American Samoa is something of an oddity in the South Pacific. Hastily Americanised in the 1960s, the islands have all the ugly results of commercial and cultural imperialism sticking out from behind the fronds.

Destination Facts

Full Name: Territory of American Samoa
Capital City: Pago Pago
Population: 57,880
Area: 77 square kilometres
Language Spoken Samoan, English
Religion

Christian (98%)


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