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The U.S. National Park Service says the following about the structure of villages in American Samoa: [21] In general each village is made up of a group of aiga (extended families) which include as many relatives as can be claimed. Each aiga is headed by a matai (chief) who represents the family on all matters including the village council, or fono.
American Samoa [c] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific Ocean.Centered on , it is 40 miles (64 km) southeast of the island country of Samoa, east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 310 miles (500 km) south of Tokelau
American Samoa: Motu o Fiafiaga (a Samoan phrase; in English, it is "Islands of Paradise") [9] (used on American Samoa license plates) [10] Football Island[s] [11] Arizona: Apache State [12] Aztec State [12] Baby State (because Arizona is the newest contiguous state in the Union) [12] Copper State [12] Grand Canyon State (used on license plates ...
American Samoa – unincorporated territory located in the South Pacific Ocean southeast of the Independent State of Samoa. [1] The main (largest and most populous) island is Tutuila , with the Manuʻa Islands, Rose Atoll , and Swains Island also included in the territory.
All U.S. states and territories have a very high (greater than 0.800) HDI. Rank State, federal district, or territory ... American Samoa [2] 0.827 (2017) Notes
American Samoa's at-large congressional district encompasses the entire U.S. territorial region of American Samoa. The territory does not have a voting member of Congress but does elect a delegate who can participate in debates and vote in committees of which they are a member. Amata Coleman Radewagen is the current delegate of the islands.
The allocation is based on each state's proportion of the combined population of the fifty states (not including the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or the United States Virgin Islands).
The United States has control over fourteen territories. Five of them (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands) have a permanent, nonmilitary population, while nine of them (the