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The native inhabitants seemed to not care that the U.S. and Germany were coming and taking over parts of Samoa.

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The distance from Washington DC to American Samoa is 7,050 miles. From Tokyo to American Samoa it is 4,650 miles. The climate on the island is tropical and the capital, Pago Pago receives 200 inches of rain annually. The temperatures range from the high 60s to the low 90s. Lizards, rats, snakes, pigs, and a type of bat called flying foxes live on the island. the majority of the population is Samoan; Filipino, and Tongan are included the minority of the population. Most Samoans are fluent in Samoan even after many years of different language influences.

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American Samoa has contributed many sources to the United States including fish processing , tourism, and the use of land for a Naval Station, in their harbor. The fish processing industry has been processing Tuna since 1954 and tourism has been progressively growing.

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In 2016 American Samoa's population was 55,599. Their population has been steadily growing over the past decades. The country has a Representative Democracy and a Constitutional Republic. Their economy is traditional Polynesian.  The economy is based on services and manufacturing, but government is their main employer.

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American Samoa is a unorganized territory, residents are not U.S. citizens they are U.S Nationals, so not all provisions of the U.S. Constitution apply to them. The United States has not set up a active system of government for American Samoa. In 1976 approved a referendum for a popular election of the lieutenant governor and governor for 4 year terms.

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Tutuila Island -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia

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American Samoa was officially handed over to the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1951. In 1878 the United States had signed a treaty for the creation of a Naval Station in Pago Pago Harbor. Germany had taken over the western islands and the U.S. took control of the eastern islands, in 1899. A few years later in 1904 all the eastern islands had ceded to the U.S.

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American Samoa is an island located in the South- Central Pacific Ocean and is about 1,600 miles  northeast of New Zealand and 2,200 miles from Hawaii.

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American Samoa -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia