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American Samoa (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 14 19 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -14.3167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 170 30 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -170.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises eastern Samoa Islands; aboriginal inhabitants are Polynesians closely related to peoples of Hawaii, Tahiti, Tonga, and New Zealand; was ruled by native chiefs until claim to islands was disputed by Britain, Germany and the United States in the 19th century; languages are English and Samoan (Malayo-Polynesian). |
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| American Samoa (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Samoa (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Territory of American Samoa (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Amerika Sāmoa (C,O,Samoan-P,U,N)
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| Sāmoa Amelika (C,V,Samoan,U,N)
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| Amerikaans Samoa (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Amerikanisch-Samoa (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Samoa Americana (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Samoa américaines (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| ASM (C,O,ISO3L)
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| AS (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO016 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Eastern Samoa (H,V)
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| dependent state (preferred, C) |
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of United States since 1899, Swains Island was annexed in 1925 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| island group (C) |
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Pago Pago .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Oceania, American Samoa) [7005921] |
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