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Area: total: 199 sq km
land: 199 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Rose Island and Swains Island

Climate: tropical marine, moderated by southeast trade winds annual rainfall averages about 3 m rainy season [November to April], dry season [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

Population: 57,496 [July 2008 est.]

Age structure: 0-14 years: 32.5% [male 9,684/female 9,006]
15-64 years: 64.6% [male 19,377/female 17,757]
65 years and over: 2.9% [male 591/female 1,081] [2008 est.]

Nationality: noun: American Samoan[s] [US nationals]
adjective: American Samoan

Ethnic groups: native Pacific islander 92.9%, Asian 2.9%, white 1.2%, mixed 2.8%, other 0.2% [2000 census]

Languages: Samoan 90.6% [closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages], English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2%
note: most people are bilingual [2000 census]

Capital: name: Pago Pago
geographic coordinates: 14 16 S, 170 42 W
time difference: UTC-11 [6 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time]

National holiday: Flag Day, 17 April [1900]

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%

Labor force: 17,630 [2005]

Budget: revenues: $121 million [37% in local revenue and 63% in US grants]
expenditures: $127 million [FY96/97]

Agriculture - products: bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas dairy products, livestock

Industries: tuna canneries [largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels], handicrafts

Exports: $445.6 million [FY04 est.]

Exports - commodities: canned tuna 93% [2004 est.]

Exports - partners: Indonesia 28.2%, India 22.3%, Australia 15.3%, Japan 11.2%, NZ 7.1% [2006]

Imports: $308.8 million [FY04 est.]

Imports - commodities: materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6% [2004 est.]

Imports - partners: Australia 66%, Samoa 13.8%, NZ 10.8% [2006]

Currency (code): US dollar [USD]

Exchange rates: the US dollar is used

Airports: 3 [2007]

Ports and terminals: Pago Pago