|
Geographics
| Location |
Oceania |
| Capital |
Pago
Pago |
| Type
of Government |
Unincorporated
and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the US
Department of Interior, Office of Insular Affairs |
| Total
Area |
199
sq. km |
| Coastline |
116
km |
Economy
| GDP |
$128
million (1991 est.) |
| GDP
Growth |
n/a
% |
| GDP
per Capita |
$2,600
(1991) |
| Economy
by Sectors: |
| -
Agriculture (bananas, coconuts,
vegetables, taro, beradfruit, yams, pineapples, papayas) |
n/a
% |
| -
Industry (tuna canneries,
garment manufacturing, meat canning, handicrafts) |
n/a
% |
| -
Services (n/a) |
n/a
%
|
Contact
Information
| AOSIS
(Alliance of Small Island States): |
1000
16th Street, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 785-0550
Fax: (202) 785-0210 |
| Contact
in American Samoa: |
| n/a |
|
Demographics
| Population |
57,366
(July 1995 est.) |
| Population
Growth |
3.82% |
| Labor
Force |
14,400
(1990) |
| Life
Expectancy at Birth |
72.91
years |
| Literacy |
97%
|
Foreign
Trade
| Exports
(f.o.b.) |
$306
million (1989) |
| Commodities: |
| canned
tuna (93%) |
| Partners: |
| US
(99.6%) |
| Imports
(f.o.b.) |
$360.3
million (c.i.f., 1989) |
| Commodities: |
| materials
for canneries (56%), food (8%), petroleum products (7%), machinery
and parts (6%) |
| Partners: |
| US
(62%), Japan (9%), NZ (7%), Australia (11%), Fiji (4%), other
(7%) |
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