Administrative divisions of American Samoa
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American Samoa
American Samoa
American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa...

 is administratively divided into three district
District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...

s and two "unorganized" atolls.

The districts and unorganized atolls are subdivided into 16 counties and 74 villages.

Districts and counties

  • Eastern District
    Eastern District, American Samoa
    The Eastern District is one of the primary divisions of American Samoa. It consists of the eastern portion of Tutuila, American Samoa's largest island, plus the island of Aunu'u. The district has a land area of 67.027 km² and a 2000 census population of 23,441. It contains 34 villages plus a...

    • Ituau County
    • Ma'Oputasi County
    • Sa'Ole County
    • Sua County
    • Vaifanua County

  • Western District
    Western District, American Samoa
    The Western District is one of the primary divisions of American Samoa. It consists of the western portion of Tutuila Island. It has a land area of 74.781 km² and contains 29 villages plus a part of Nu'uuli village. Among these is the largest village of American Samoa, Tafuna, at its eastern end...

    • Lealataua County
    • Leasina County
    • Tualatai County
    • Tualauta County

  • Manu'a District
    Manu'a District, American Samoa
    The Manu'a District is one of the three, primary administrative divisions of American Samoa. The district comprises the Manu'a Islands, which are located approximately 61 miles east of the main island, Tutuila.-District Divisions:...

    • Faleasao County
    • Fitiuta County
    • Ofu County
    • Olosega County
    • Ta'u County

Unorganized atolls

  • Rose Atoll
    Rose Atoll
    Rose Atoll, sometimes called Rose Island or Motu O Manu by people of the nearby Manu'a Islands, is an oceanic atoll within the U.S. territory of American Samoa. It is an uninhabited wildlife refuge. It is the southernmost point in the United States. The land area is 0.214 km²...

     (note map at right is a diagram and not to scale. Rose Atoll is about 100 miles east south-east of Manu'a.)
  • Swains Island
    Swains Island
    Swains Island is an atoll in the Tokelau chain. Culturally a part of Tokelau, it is an unincorporated unorganized territory of the United States administered by American Samoa. Swains Island has also been known at various times as Olosenga Island, Olohega Island, Quiros Island, Gente Hermosa...


Villages



  1. Aasu
    Aasu, American Samoa
    Aasu is a village on the north coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located to the west of Fagasa and northwest of Pago Pago. It is one of multiple villages involved in an archaeological survey of the island.-History:...


  2. Afao
    Afao
    Afao is a village in southwest Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on the island's short southwestern coastline, between 'Amanave and Leone, to the southwest of Pago Pago....


  3. Afono
    Afono
    Afono is a village on the northeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. One of the island's more populous villages, it is located on the edge of Afono Bay, at the eastern edge of the National Park of American Samoa...


  4. Agugulu
    Agugulu
    Agugulu is a village on the southwest coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located close to 'Amanave, not far from the island's western tip....


  5. Alao
    Alao
    Alao is a village on the narrow east coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located close to the island's easternmost point, just to the north of Aunu'u Island....


  6. Alega
    Alega
    Alega is a village on the southeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. One of the island's least populous villages, it is located to the east of Pago Pago Harbor and to the west of Faga'itua Bay....


  7. Alofau
    Alofau
    Alofau is a village on the southeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located at the eastern end of Faga'itua Bay, six miles east of Pago Pago, between Pagai and Amouli....


  8. Amaluia
    Amaluia
    Amaluia is a village on the southwest coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located between Leone and 'Amanave....


  9. 'Amanave
    'Amanave
    Amanave is a village on the coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located close to the island's western tip, Cape Taputapu, and to the south of the village of Poloa....


  10. Amaua
    Amaua
    Amaua is a village in the southeast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on the north shore of Faga'itua Bay between Alega and Faga'itua....


  11. Amouli
    Amouli
    Amouli is a village on the southeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa at the narrowest point of the island. It is located to the west of 'Au'asi, immediately to the south of 'Aoa on the north coast....


  12. Anua
    Anua
    Anua is a village on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located close to the capital Pago Pago, on the coast of Pago Pago Harbor....


  13. 'Aoa
    'Aoa
    Aoa is a village in the east of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on the north coast, close to the island's eastern tip, at a narrowing of the island and is connected by road with Amouli on the south coast....


  14. Aoloau
  15. Asili
    Asili
    Asili is a village on the southwest coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located between Leone and 'Amanave....


  16. Atu'u
    Atu'u
    Atu'u is a village on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on the coast of Pago Pago Harbor, close to the capital, Pago Pago....


  17. Aua
  18. 'Au'asi
    'Au'asi
    Au'asi is a village in the east of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. One of the island's more populous villages, it is located on the south coast, close to the eastern tip of the island and to the smaller offshore island of Aunu'u....


  19. Aumi
    Aumi
    Aumi is a village on the central south coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located to the east of Pago Pago Harbor and west of Alega....


  20. Aunu'u
    Aunu'u
    Aunu'u is a small volcanic island off the southeastern shore of Tutuila in American Samoa. It has a land area of and a 2000 census population of 476 persons. Politically it is a part of the Eastern District, one of the primary divisions of American Samoa....


  21. Auto
    Auto, American Samoa
    Auto is a village in the east of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located at the western end of Faga'itua Bay,immediately east of Alega....


  22. Avaio
  23. Faga'alu
    Faga'alu
    Faga'alu is a village in central Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on the eastern shore of Pago Pago Harbor, to the south of Pago Pago. American Samoa's lone hospital is in Faga'alu....


  24. Faga'itua
    Faga'itua
    Faga'itua is a village in the east of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on the central coast of Faga'itua Bay....


  25. Fagali'i
  26. Fagamalo
    Fagamalo
    Fagamalo is a village situated on the central north coast of Savai'i in Samoa. It is a sub-village or pito nu'u of the larger traditional village enclave of Matautu in the political district of Gaga'emauga....


  27. Faganeanea
  28. Fagasa
  29. Fagatogo
  30. Failolo
    Failolo
    Failolo is a village in the far west of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located just south of 'Amanave, close to the island's westernmost point, Cape Taputapu....


  31. Faleasao
    Faleasao
    Faleasao is a village in American Samoa. It is located in Manu'a District, on the northern shore of Ta'ū Island. It is divided into two subvillages the eastern side being called Si'ua'i while the western half being called Tufulele . The high chief is the Aso'au title currently in array for there is...


  32. Faleniu
    Faleniu
    Faleniu is a village in the west of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located inland from the village of Tafuna....


  33. Fatumafuti
    Fatumafuti
    Fatumafuti is a village in central Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located at the easternmost point of the entrance to Pago Pago Harbor, south of Pago Pago and close to the promontory known as Fatu or Flowerpot Rock....


  34. Futiga
    Futiga
    Futiga is a village in the southwest of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located inland, seven miles southwest of Pago Pago, between the villages of 'Ili'ili and Leone....


  35. 'Ili'ili
    'Ili'ili
    Ili'ili is a village in the southwest of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located inland, seven miles southwest of Pago Pago, between the villages of Futiga and Vaitogi....


  36. Lauli'i
  37. Leloaloa

  1. Leone
    Leone, American Samoa
    - Tsunami :Leone was devastated by a tsunami on September 29, 2009. The tsunami was generated by a magnitude 8.0 suboceanic earthquake.- References :...


  2. Leusoali'i
  3. Luma
  4. Maia
  5. Malaeimi
  6. Malaeloa/Aitulagi
  7. Malaeloa/Ituau
  8. Maloata
  9. Mapusagafou
  10. Masausi
  11. Masefau
  12. Matu'u
  13. Mesepa
  14. Nu'uuli
  15. Nua
  16. Ofu
    Ofu
    Ofu may refer to*Ofu , an island and its village in Vava'u in Tonga*Ofu-Olosega, an island in the Manu'a group in American Samoa*Ofu, Nigeria, a town and Local Government Area in Kogi State...


  17. Olosega
  18. Onenoa
  19. Pagai
    Pagai
    Pagai is a village on the southeast coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located on the edge of Faga'itua Bay, and in between the villages of Faga'itua and Alofau. Pagai is six miles east of Pago Pago....


  20. Pago Pago
  21. Pava'ia'i
  22. Poloa
  23. Rose Atoll
    Rose Atoll
    Rose Atoll, sometimes called Rose Island or Motu O Manu by people of the nearby Manu'a Islands, is an oceanic atoll within the U.S. territory of American Samoa. It is an uninhabited wildlife refuge. It is the southernmost point in the United States. The land area is 0.214 km²...


  24. Sa'ilele
  25. Se'etaga
  26. Si'ufaga
  27. Sili
    Sili
    Sili is a village on the south side of Savai'i island in Samoa. Sili is situated inland, unlike most villages in Samoa which are settlements by the sea. The village lies within the electoral constituency of Palauli....


  28. Taulaga
    Taulaga
    Taulaga is the only village in Swains Island, American Samoa, except for Etena, which is almost deserted. It has a majority of the island's population of 35, a church, a communications center, and a school. It was hit heavily by Cyclone Percy in 2005. Taulaga is in the northwest of the atoll....


  29. Tafuna
  30. Taputimu
  31. Tula
  32. Utulei
  33. Utumea East
  34. Utumea West
  35. Vailoatai
  36. Vaitogi
    Vaitogi
    Vaitogi is a village in American Samoa. It has many missionaries and tourists who are attracted by the shopping for local products....


  37. Vatia
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