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Aunu'u is a small atoll on the south-east of American Samoa in the South Pacific Ocean. It has a land area of 1.517 km² (0.5857 sq mi, or 374.83 acres) and a 2000 census population of 476 persons. Politically it is a part of the Eastern District, one of the primary divisions of American Samoa. An atoll is a type of low, coral island found in tropical oceans and consisting of a coral-algal reef surrounding a central depression. ... This article is about the unit of measure known as the acre. ... The 22nd United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

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Geography · Economy · Demographics · Communications · Transportation Image File history File links Flag_of_American_Samoa. ... United States territory is any extent of region under the jurisdiction of the federal government of the United States, including all waters (around islands or continental tracts). ... National motto: Samoa, Muamua Le Atua (Samoa, Let God Be First) Official languages English, Samoan Capital Fagatogo (constitutional and de facto seat of government); executive offices are located in Utulei Head of State George W. Bush Governor Togiola Tulafono Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 226th 199 km² (76. ... Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, site of first U.S. capital. ... This article describes the geography of American Samoa. ... Economy - overview: This is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. ... Demographics of American Samoa, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands. ... Oceangoing canoe Telephones - main lines in use: 15,000 (2001) Telephones - mobile cellular: 2,377 (1999) Telephone system: domestic: good telex, telegraph, facsimile and cellular telephone services; domestic satellite system with 1 Comsat earth station international: country code - 1 684; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) Radio broadcast stations... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require rewriting and/or reformatting. ...

 Government 

Politics · Former Governors · Elections · Current Governor National motto: Samoa, Muamua Le Atua (Samoa, Let God Be First) Official languages English, Samoan Capital Fagatogo (constitutional and de facto seat of government); executive offices are located in Utulei Head of State George W. Bush Governor Togiola Tulafono Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 226th 199 km² (76. ... Politics of American Samoa takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the Governor is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ... List of American Samoa Governors This is a list of governors etc. ... Politics of American Samoa Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in American Samoa ... Togiola Talalelei A. Tulafono (born 1947) is the Governor of American Samoa. ...

 Villages 

Fagatogo · Leone · Nu'uuli · Pago Pago · Tāfuna · Utulei National motto: Samoa, Muamua Le Atua (Samoa, Let God Be First) Official languages English, Samoan Capital Fagatogo (constitutional and de facto seat of government); executive offices are located in Utulei Head of State George W. Bush Governor Togiola Tulafono Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 226th 199 km² (76. ... Pago Pago, pronounced PAHNG-oh PAHNG-oh, is the capital of American Samoa, a territory of the United States of America. ...

 Islands 

Tutuila · Aunu'up · Manua Group (Ta'ū ·Ofu-Olosega · Rose Atoll · Swains Island This is a partial list of islands of the United States, including its insular areas. ... Tutuila is the main island of American Samoa. ... The Islands of Ofu and Olosega viewed from the village of Sili along the north shore of Olosega. ... Ta‘ū is the largest island in the Manu‘a Group and the easternmost volcanic island of the Samoan Islands. ... Sources Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. ... Rose Atoll, sometimes called Rose Island, is an oceanic atoll within the U.S. territory of American Samoa. ... Swains Island is an atoll in the Tokelau chain, the most northwesterly island administered by American Samoa. ...

References

  • Aunu'u: Block Group 4, Census Tract 9502, Eastern District, United States Census Bureau


 
 

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