Geographicals

American Samoa

A group of islands of SAMOA, in the southwest central Pacific. Its capital is Pago Pago. The islands were ruled by native chiefs until about 1869. An object of American interest beginning in 1839, Pago Pago and trading and extraterritorial rights were granted to the United States in 1878. The United States, Germany, and England administered the islands jointly 1889-99, but in 1899 they were granted to the United States by treaty. The Department of the Interior has administered American Samoa since 1951. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p44)

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A group of islands of SAMOA, in the southwest central Pacific. Its capital is Pago Pago. The islands were ruled by native chiefs until about 1869. An object of American interest beginning in 1839, Pago Pago and trading and extraterritorial rights were granted to the United States in 1878. The United States, Germany, and England administered the islands jointly 1889-99, but in 1899 they were granted to the United States by treaty. The Department of the Interior has administered American Samoa since 1951. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p44)

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  • Eastern Samoa

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Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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an island group in Samoa; admin by US Dept of Interior

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History Note

96; was see WESTERN SAMOA 1976-95

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  • Pacific Islands (1966-1968)
  • Polynesia (1970-1974)
  • Western Samoa (1968-1995)

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  1. Z01w.639w.760w.815w.800w.100w
  2. Z01w.678w.101w.815w.800w.100w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. American Samoa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018948. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018948
  2. American Samoa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa
  3. American Samoa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16641