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Despite the palm-trees-wafting-in-the-trade-winds image, American Samoa is something of an oddity in the South Pacific. Hastily Americanised in the 1960s, the islands have all the ugly results of commercial and cultural imperialism sticking out from behind the fronds.
Fast Facts
Country Full Name
Territory of American Samoa
Population
57,880
Currency
Name: US Dollar
Code: USD
Symbol: US$
Electrical Plugs
120V & 240 60Hz
Languages Spoken
Official: Samoan
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -11
Country Dialing Code
+684
Weights & Measures
Imperial
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