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Territory of American Samoa
Status: Territory Governor: Togiola Tulafono (2003) Capital (2003 est.): Pago Pago, 4,100 Total area: 77 sq mi (199 sq km) Population (2007 est.): 57,663 (growth rate:
–0.3%); birth rate: 21.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 8.9/1000;
life expectancy: 76.3; density per sq mi: 750 Languages: Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian
and other Polynesian languages) and English; most people are
bilingual Ethnicity/race: Samoan
(Polynesian) 89%, Tongan 4%, Caucasian 2%, other 5% Religions: Christian Congregationalist 50%,
Roman Catholic 20%, Protestant denominations and other 30% Literacy rate: 97% (1980 est.) Monetary unit: U.S. dollar Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2000 est.):
$500 million; per capita $8,000. Real growth rate: n.a.
Inflation: n.a. Unemployment: 6% (2000). Arable
land: 10%. Agriculture: bananas, coconuts, vegetables,
taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy products,
livestock. Labor force: 14,000 (1996); government 33%, tuna
canneries 34%, other 33% (1990). Industries: tuna canneries
(largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels), handicrafts. Natural
resources: pumice, pumicite. Exports: $10 million (2004
est.): canned tuna 93% (2004 est.). Imports: $105 million (2004
est.): materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%,
machinery and parts 6% (2004 est.). Major trading partners:
Samoa, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Germany (2004). Communications: Telephones: main lines in
use: 13,000 (1997); mobile cellular: 2,550 (1997). Radio broadcast
stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998). Radios: 57,000
(1997). Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997).
Televisions: 14,000 (1997). Internet Service Providers
(ISPs): 1 (2000). Internet users: n.a. Transportation: Railways: 0 km. Highways:
total: 350 km; paved: 150 km; unpaved: 200 km. Ports and
harbors: Aunu'u (new construction), Auasi, Faleosao, Ofu, Pago
Pago, Ta'u. Airports: 3 (2002). International disputes: none.
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