American Samoa

Population: 67,084 (July 2001 est.)

Languages: Samoan (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English

Background: Settled as early as 1000 B. C., Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan...

Currency: US dollar (USD, US$1 = US$1)

Data from CIA World Factbook. Click on CIA link for more. Click on map or flag for larger images.