According to Countryaah website, as of January 1, 2005, American Samoa had approx. 58,000 residents.
Ethnic composition
About 89% of the residents are Samoans (Polynesians), 2% Europeans, 4% Tongans and 5% others.
Religious affiliation
Around 60% are Congregationalists, 20% are Catholics and 30% are Protestants and others.
The Christian religion plays an important role in society. Samoa is also included in the Pacific “biblebelt” (Bible belt). The Samoan family attends the service on Sunday morning. Then you have lunch together, to ´ onai, and then let the day end calmly.
National languages
Samoan, English
Capital, other cities
The capital of Samoa is Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila with a population of 4,280.
Other cities are:
Tafuna with around 8,400 residents, Nu’uuli with 5,250 residents and Leone with 3,600 residents.
Compare
New York (8 million) in the USA,
Sao Paulo (> 17 million) in Brazil,
Berlin (3.4 million) in Germany,
London (7.2 million) in England and Great Britain,
Beijing (City 6 million) in China,
Mexico City in Mexico, the most populous city on earth (over 20 million),
Tokyo (11.8 million) in Japan.
American Samoa: Geography and Map
The islands of Samoa are located in the middle of the southern Pacific. Independent Samoa lies west of 171 ° west, and American Samoa east of this longitude. Check topmbadirectory for politics, flags, famous people, animals and plants of American Samoa.
Samoa lies roughly between a longitude of 171 ° and 173 ° west and between a latitude of 13 ° and 14 ° south. It lies east of the international date line, which bends back to the west south of Samoa and returns to 180 °. The date line has a bulge around the Chatam Islands, which have the same date as their motherland New Zealand.
American Samoa is located approximately 2,890 km from Auckland, 4,000 km from Sydney and 8,400 km from Los Angeles. The island state has better transport connections to American cities than to the nearest islands.
The closest neighboring islands are Tonga in the south, Fiji in the southwest, Tuvalu in the northeast, Tokelau in the north and the Cook Islands in the east.
The islands, length of coast
American Samoa covers a total area of around 199 km².
The country consists of five volcanic islands and two coral atolls.
The islands are:
Tutuila, Aunu’u, Ofu, Olosega and Ta’u. The last three are also known as Manu’a Islands.
The two coral atolls are:
Rose Atoll and Swains Atoll
the island of Tutuila has an area of 137 km² and 55,400 residents
the island of Aunu’u has an area of 2 km² and 88 residents
the island of Ofu has an area of 5 km² and 640 residents
the island of Ta’u has an area of 46 km² and 965 residents
the Swains Atoll has an area of 3 km² and 640 residents
the Rose Atoll has an area of 5 km² and 5 residents
Ofu Island has 5 residents
American Samoa has a total coastline to the Pacific Ocean of around 115 km.
Longitude and latitude
American Samoa extends over the following geographical latitude (abbreviation Δφ) and geographical longitude (abbreviation Δλ):
Δφ = from 13 ° 15 ‘to 14 ° 05’ south Δλ = from 171 ° 20 ‘to 172 ° 50’ west
You can find detailed information on this subject under: Geographical longitude and latitude.
Legal time
For American Samoa, the following value applies to Central European Time (CET), i.e. the time without daylight saving time. A minus sign means that it is earlier there, a plus sign that it is later than CET:
Δt (CET) = -13 h
More detailed explanations of the time can be found under: Time zones, time.
The highest point of the sun in Pago Pago
Pago Pago, the capital of American Samoa, is located at a southern latitude of around φ = 14 ° and thus in the middle of the tropics.
If the sun or its image point is located above the city at 14 ° S, the sun is exactly perpendicular there. This happens exactly twice a year, roughly 50 days before March 21st and 50 days after September 21st.
mountains
Lata
The highest mountain in the country is the Lata with a height of 966 m on the island of Ta’u.
Other high mountains:
On the island of Ta’u in Olotania, at an altitude of 903 m
On the island of Tutuila the Matafao Peak, with a height of 653 m
On the island of Tutuila the Rainmaker Mountain, with a height of 523 m
Rivers
Lautifi Strom
The longest river in the country is the Lautifi Strom.
Lakes
LakeNamo
The largest lake is Lake Namo on Swains Island.
Other lakes are PalaLake and RedLake, which are located on Aunu ‘Island.
The Pacific
American Samoa borders the Pacific Ocean with a total coastline of 115 km – more precisely, American Samoa is located in the South Pacific, the so-called South Pacific. This region of the Pacific Ocean includes the Polynesian Islands as well as parts of Melanesia and Micronesia.
