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US: none (territory of the US)

      US diplomatic representation: none (territory of the US)

      Flag: blue with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the outer side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a staff and a war club

      Economy———

      Economic overview: Economic activity is strongly linked to the US, with which American Samoa conducts 80%-90% of its foreign trade. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. The tuna canneries and the government are by far the two largest employers. Other economic activities include a slowly developing tourist industry. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well-being.

      GDP: purchasing power parity - $128 million (1991 est.)

      GDP real growth rate: NA%

      GDP per capita: $2,600 (1991 est.)

      GDP composition by sector: agriculture: NA% industry: NA% services: NA%

      Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA

      Labor force: 14,400 (1990) by occupation: government 33%, tuna canneries 34%, other 33% (1990)

      Unemployment rate: 12% (1991)

      Budget:

       revenues: $97 million ($43 million in local revenue and $54 million

       in grant revenue)

       expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY90/91)

      Industries: tuna canneries (largely dependent on foreign fishing

       vessels), meat canning, handicrafts

      Industrial production growth rate: NA%

      Electricity: capacity: 30,000 kW production: 90 million kWh consumption per capita: 1,505 kWh (1993)

      Agriculture: bananas, coconuts, vegetables, taro, breadfruit, yams, copra, pineapples, papayas; dairy farming

      Exports: $306 million (f.o.b., 1989) commodities: canned tuna 93% partners: US 99.6%

      Imports: $360.3 million (c.i.f., 1989) commodities: materials for canneries 56%, food 8%, petroleum products 7%, machinery and parts 6% partners: US 62%, Japan 9%, NZ 7%, Australia 11%, Fiji 4%, other 7%

      External debt: $NA

      Economic aid:

       recipient: ODA, $NA

       note: $21 million in operational funds and $1.2 million in

       construction funds for capital improvement projects from the US

       Department of Interior (1991)

      Currency: 1 US dollar (US$) = 100 cents

      Exchange rates: US currency is used

      Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September

      Transportation———————

      Railways: 0 km

      Highways: total: 350 km paved: 150 km unpaved: 200 km

      Ports: Aanu'u (new construction), Auasi, Faleosao, Ofu, Pago Pago,

       Ta'u

      Merchant marine: none

      Airports:

       total: 3

       with paved runways 2 438 to 3 047 m: 1

       with paved runways under 914 m: 2

       note: small airstrips on Fituita and Ofu (1995 est.)

      Communications———————

      Telephones: 8,399

      Telephone system:

       domestic: good telex, telegraph, and facsimile services; domestic

       satellite system with 1 Comsat earth station

       international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)

      Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0

      Radios: NA

      Television broadcast stations: 1

      Televisions: 8,000 (1993 est.)

      Defense———

      Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the US

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      @Andorra———

      Map—

      Location: 42 30 N, 1 30 E—Southwestern Europe, between France

       and Spain

      Flag——

      Description: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; the coat of arms features a quartered shield; similar to the flags of Chad and Romania that do not have a national coat of arms in the center

      Geography————

      Location: Southwestern Europe, between France and Spain

      Geographic coordinates: 42 30 N, 1 30 E

      Map references: Europe

      Area:

       total area: 450 sq km

       land area: 450 sq km

       comparative area: 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

      Land boundaries: total: 125 km border countries: France 60 km, Spain 65 km

      Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

      Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

      International disputes: none

      Climate: temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers

      Terrain: rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys lowest point: Riu Valira 840 m highest point: Coma Pedrosa 2,946 m

      Natural resources: hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore,

       lead

      Land use:

       arable land: 2%

       permanent crops: 0%

       meadows and pastures: 56%

       forest and woodland: 22%

       other: 20%

      Irrigated land: NA sq km

      Environment:

       current issues: deforestation; overgrazing of mountain meadows

       contributes to soil erosion

       natural hazards: snowslides, avalanches

       international agreements: NA

      Geographic note: landlocked

      People———

      Population: 72,766 (July 1996 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 16% (male 5,829; female 5,851)

       15–64 years: 73% (male 28,724; female 24,757)

       65 years and over: 11% (male 3,718; female 3,887) (July 1996 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.96% (1996 est.)

      Birth rate: 10.2 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Death rate: 2.9 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Net migration rate: 22.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 0.96 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.16 male(s)/female

       65 years and over:

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