American Samoa (United States)

American Samoa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: , Amerika Sāmoa/Sāmoa Amelika American Samoa : Samoa, Muamua Le Atua  () Samoa, Let God Be First : , ; (seat of government) ,  -  (R)  -  (D)  -  Treaty of Berlin 1899   -  Deed of Cession of Tutuila 1900   -  Deed of Cession of ManuÊ»a 1904   -  Total  () 76.83    -   () 0  -  2007 estimate 57,663 ()  -  2000 census 57,291   -  353/km² () 914/sq mi () (-11) 1 also spoken. Map of American Samoa American Samoa (: Amerika Sāmoa or Sāmoa Amelika) is an of the United States located in the , southeast of the sovereign state of . The main (largest and most populous) island is , with the Islands and also included in the territory. American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands chain, located west of the , north of , and some 300 (500 km) south of . To the west are the islands of the group. The showed a total population of 57,291. The total land area is 200.22 km² (77.305 sq mi). Contents History Pre-Western Contact Main articles: and It is generally believed that the Samoan Islands were originally inhabited as early as 1000 BC. Samoa was not reached by European explorers until the eighteenth century. The pre-Western history of Eastern Samoa (now American Samoa) is inextricably bound with the history of Western Samoa (now independent Samoa). The Islands of American Samoa has one of the oldest histories of Polynesia, in connection with...