Capital: Pago Pago







Pago Pago has one of the best natural deepwater harbors in the South Pacific Ocean, sheltered by shape from rough seas and protected by peripheral mountains from high winds; strategic location in the South Pacific Ocean



American (Amerika) Samoa is a group of Polynesian islands in the South Pacific five volcanic islands with rugged peaks and limited coastal plains, two coral atolls (Rose Island, Swains Island) and the comparative area is slightly larger than Washington, DC.

Fourteen degrees below the equator, it is the United States' southern-most territory. It is known as the heart of Polynesia. If you drew a triangle from Hawaii, New Zealand and Tahiti you would find Samoa in the middle or one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand.

The currency is not changeable off-shore so visitors are advised to change any money before departure.

Western Samoa is a neighboring independent country that shares the same culture. American Samoa became an unorganized U.S. territory in 1900.


Typhoon season is from December to March.