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The economy of American Samoa is a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. [4] American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States; economic activity is strongly linked to the main customs zone of the U.S., with which American Samoa conducts the great bulk of its trade.
Equipment rental was first developed in Anglo-Saxon countries. It emerged in the UK after the First World War and has now become a multi-billion euro business providing a wide range of construction and industrial equipment for customers globally.The American Rental Association was founded as early as 1955, [1] and the first waves of consolidation took place in the 1970s in North America ...
American Samoa has the lowest per capita income in the United States—it has a per capita income comparable to that of Botswana. [110] In 2010, American Samoa's per capita income was $6,311. [111] As of 2010, the Manu'a District in American Samoa had a per capita income of $5,441, the lowest of any county or county-equivalent in the United ...
These also occupy 14 percent of American Samoa's total workforce as of 2014. [179] The most industrialized area in the territory can be found between Pago Pago Harbor and the Tafuna-Leone Plain, which also are the two most densely populated places in the islands. [180] American Samoa was the world's fourth-largest tuna processor in 1993.
American Samoa [c] is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific Ocean.Centered on , it is 40 miles (64 km) southeast of the island country of Samoa, east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 310 miles (500 km) south of Tokelau
Beaufort County has seen seven alligator attacks in the last six years, three of which were fatal. The incidents have long sparked debate about whether the apex predators can coexist with residents .
Pago Pago International Airport (IATA: PPG, ICAO: NSTU, FAA LID: PPG), also known as Tafuna Airport, is a public airport located 7 miles (11.3 km) southwest of the central business district of Pago Pago, in the village and plains of Tafuna on the island of Tutuila in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of the United States.
Four years after a report said the state Ethics Commission needed to intervene, we’re still cleaning up the frat house.