美属萨摩亚群岛(American Samoa)
太平洋中部的美国无建制领地，包括土土伊拉（最大岛，占全区2/3的面积和95%人口）、奥努乌和罗斯岛和马奴亚岛群。面积199平方公里。人口约58,000（2001）。首府︰巴够巴够（Pago Pago，位於土土伊拉岛）。语言：萨摩亚语和英语（官方语）。货币：美元。多数岛屿多岩石，由死火山形成，四周环绕着珊瑚礁。中央山脉耸立於土土伊拉和马奴亚岛群（Manua）上。渔业和旅游业是其主要产业，但美国政府却是主要雇主。主要人口为萨摩亚人後裔。美属萨摩亚在2,500年前就有玻里尼西亚人（Polynesian）居住。1722年荷兰探险者为第一批到访此地的欧洲人。为逃跑水手和罪犯的避风港，该岛约在1860年前由各原住民酋长统治。1872年美国取得在巴够巴够建立海军基地的权利，1889～1899年归美、英、德三国共管。1904年以酋长们将东部岛屿归属美国（斯温斯岛於1925年由英国转赠与美国）。这些岛屿原由美国海军管辖，直到1951年才转交给美国内政部。1960年通过第一部宪法。1978年第一位选举产生的总督就任。
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American Samoa
Unincorporated U.S. territory (pop., 1995 est.: 57,000), southwestern central Pacific Ocean, including the islands of Tutuila (the largest, with over two-thirds of the territory's land area and 95% of the population), Aunuu, Rose, Swains, and the Manua group. Area: 77 sq mi (199 sq km). Capital: Pago Pago (on Tutuila). Languages: Samoan, English (both official). Currency: U.S. dollar. Most of the islands are rocky, were formed from extinct volcanoes, and are surrounded by coral reefs. Tutuila and the islands of Manua are dominated by central mountain ranges. Fishing and tourism are major industries, but the U.S. administration is the main employer. The majority of the population is of Samoan ancestry. The islands were probably inhabited by Polynesians 2,500 years ago. Dutch explorers became the first Europeans to visit the islands in 1722. A haven for runaway sailors and escaped convicts, the islands were ruled by native chiefs until c. 1860. The U.S. gained the right to establish a naval station at Pago Pago in 1872, and the U.S., Britain, and Germany administered a tripartite protectorate in 1889-99. The high chiefs ceded the eastern islands to the U.S. in 1904 (Britain ceded Swains in 1925). American Samoa was administered by the U.S. Department of the Navy until 1951 and afterwards by the Department of the Interior. Its first constitution was approved in 1960, and in 1978 the territory's first elected governor took office.