American Samoa is a country of 7 islands located in the South Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and New Zealand. To date, the country is considered an unincorporated unorganized territory that is not part of the United States. That is, in fact, American Samoa is under the control of the United States, which ensures the implementation of the constitution and the protection of the territory, but the inhabitants of the islands do not have American citizenship and cannot vote in US presidential elections.

Some interesting facts:
1. Samoa is the first Pacific island state to gain independence.
2. For a long time, the Samoa archipelago was a place of confrontation between the authorities of Germany and New Zealand.
3. During the influenza epidemic in 1918-1919, this state lost a fifth of its population.
4. There are two official languages in Samoa - Samoan and English.
5. Samoa is where the traditional Polynesian tattoo originated.
6. The highest government position in Samoa is called ''O le Ao O le Malo'', which translates roughly as ''supreme leader''.
7. The national currency of Samoa is called ''tala''
8. In 2011, this state ''lost'' a whole day - December 30, when it was decided to change the time zone from UTC +11 to UTC -13. This was done to facilitate trade cooperation with Australia and New Zealand.
9. The area of the Samoan archipelago is only slightly more than 3 thousand square meters. kilometers, and about a quarter of a million people live in this territory.
10. Despite the influence of foreigners, the Samoans have retained their traditional way of life to this day.
11. About 99% of the Samoan population can read, write and count, which is a very high rate for this region.
12. The most popular sports in Samoa are rugby and cricket, however, cricket here is Samoan - this kind of it is somewhat different from classic cricket.
13. The only city in Samoa is the capital, Apia, with a population of about 35 thousand people. The rest of the country's inhabitants live in numerous villages and towns.
14. About 92% of Samoans are followers of various branches of Christianity.
15. Prior to the arrival of European missionaries in Samoa, the Samoans did not have a written language. It was artificially created on the basis of the Latin alphabet in 1834. 

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