Samoa Americana

"Samoa Americana o Samoa Estadounidense (en inglés: American Samoa; en samoano: Amerika Smoa, Smoa Amelika o Smoa Amelika) es un territorio no incorporado de Estados Unidos en el océano Pacífico sur. Es uno de los 17 territorios no autónomos bajo supervisión del Comité de Descolonización de las Naciones Unidas. Está localizado al oeste de las Islas Cook, al norte de la isla de Tonga, a 500 km de Tokelau hacia el sur, y al este de las islas de Wallis y Futuna. Su capital y localidad más poblada es Pago Pago, en la isla de Tutuila. Las islas forman parte del archipiélago de Samoa, al cual también pertenece el estado independiente de Samoa. La Samoa Americana es el territorio más meridional de EE. UU. y tiene una población cercana a los 60 000 habitantes. Sumada toda la superficie de las islas sería ligeramente mayor que el distrito federal de Washington. (76,1 km²)."

"American Samoa (/mrkn smo./; Samoan: Amerika Smoa, [amika sama]; also Amelika Smoa or Smoa Amelika) is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Samoa. American Samoa consists of five main islands and two coral atolls. The largest and most populous island is Tutuila, with the Manua Islands, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island also included in the territory. American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands chain, located west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 300 miles (500 km) south of Tokelau. To the west are the islands of the Wallis and Futuna group. The 2010 census showed a total population of 55,519 people. The total land area is 199 square kilometers (76.8 sq mi), slightly more than Washington, D.C. American Samoa is the southernmost territory of the U.S. and one of two U.S. territories (with the uninhabited Jarvis Island) south of the Equator. Tuna products are the main exports, and the main trading partner is the United States. During the 1918 flu pandemic, the 12th governor of American Samoa John Martin Poyer quarantined the territory. Because of his actions, American Samoa was one of the few places in the world where no flu-related deaths occurred. American Samoa is noted for having the highest rate of military enlistment of any U.S. state or territory. As of September 9, 2014, the local U.S. Army Recruiting Station in Pago Pago was ranked first in production out of the 885 Army recruiting stations and centers under the United States Army Recruiting Command (USAREC), which includes the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Korea, Japan, and Europe. Most American Samoans are bilingual and can speak English and Samoan fluently. Samoan is the same language spoken in neighboring, independent Samoa."