American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internationa ...

is administratively divided into three

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s (

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and Manu‘a) and two unorganized

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s ( Swains Island and

Rose Atoll Rose Atoll, sometimes called Rose Island or Motu O Manu ("Bird Island") by people of the nearby Manu'a Islands, is an oceanic atoll within the U.S. territory of American Samoa. An uninhabited wildlife refuge, it is the southernmost point bel ...

). The districts are subdivided into 15 counties, which are composed of 76 villages. For statistical purposes, the

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counts the three districts and two unorganized atolls as five

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, while treating the actual counties as minor civil divisions.States, Counties, and Statistically Equivalent Entities
United States Census Bureau. American Samoa has only one U.S. zip code: 96799.American Samoa ZIP Codes
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Divisions

Maps

Statistics

The populations below are from the 2020 census, and the areas are from the 2010 census. * *

Local government structure

Amata Coleman Radewagen's congressional website said the following about American Samoa's districts:https://radewagen.house.gov/about/our-district Radewagen.house.gov. Our District. American Samoa - A Territory of the United States. Retrieved September 7, 2019. The U.S. National Park Service says the following about the structure of villages in American Samoa:https://www.nps.gov/npsa/learn/historyculture/people.htm U.S. National Park Service. National Park of American Samoa. History & Culture - People. Retrieved September 7, 2019.

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References

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