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pago pago administrative divisions: none (territory of the us); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the us government. but there are three districts and two islands* at the second order; eastern. manu'a. rose island*. swains island*. western independence: none (territory of the us) national holiday: flag day. 17 april (1900) constitution: ratified 2 june 1966. effective 1 july 1967 legal system: na suffrage: 18 years of age; universal executive branch: chief of state: president george w. bush of the us (since 20 january 2001) and vice president richard b. cheney (since 20 january 2001) head of government: governor togiola tulafono (since 7 april 2003) cabinet: cabinet made up of 12 department directors elections: us president and vice president elected on the same ticket for four-year terms; governor and lieutenant governor elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms; election last held 2 and 16 november 2004 (next to be held november 2008) election results: togiola tulafono elected governor; percent of vote - togiola tulafono 55.7%. afoa moega lutu 44.3% legislative branch: bicameral fono or legislative assembly consists of the house of representatives (21 seats - 20 of which are elected by popular vote and 1 is an appointed. nonvoting delegate from swains island; members serve two-year terms) and the senate (18 seats; members are elected from local chiefs and serve four-year terms) elections: house of representatives - last held 2 november 2004 (next to be held november 2006); senate - last held 2 november 2004 (next to be held november 2008) election results: house of representatives - percent of vote by party - na%; seats by party - na; senate - percent of vote by party - na%; seats by party - independents 18 note: american samoa elects one nonvoting representative to the us house of representatives; election last held 2 november 2004 (next to be held november 2006); results - eni f. h. faleomavaega (democrat) reelected as delegate judicial branch: high court (chief justice and associate justices are appointed by the us secretary of the interior) political parties and leaders: democratic party [oreta m. togafau]; republican party [tautai a. f. faalevao] political pressure groups and leaders: na international organization participation: interpol (subbureau). ioc. spc. upu diplomatic representation in the us: none (territory of the us) diplomatic representation from the us: none (territory of the us) flag description: 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 - overview: this is a traditional polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. economic activity is strongly linked to the us. with which american samoa conducts most of its foreign trade. tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector. with canned tuna the primary export. transfers from the us government add substantially to american samoa's economic well-being. attempts by the government to develop a larger and broader economy are restrained by samoa's remote location. its limited transportation. and its devastating hurricanes. tourism is a promising developing sector. gdp (purchasing power parity): $500 million (2000 est.) gdp (official exchange rate): na gdp - real growth rate: na gdp - per capita: purchasing power parity - $8.000 (2000 est.) gdp - composition by sector: agriculture: na% industry: na% services: na% labor force: 14.000 (1996) labor force - by occupation: tuna canneries 34%. government 33%. other 33% (1990) unemployment rate: 6% (2000) population below poverty line: na household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: na% highest 10%: na% inflation rate (consumer prices): na% budget: revenues: $121 million (37% in local revenue and 63% in us grants) expenditures: $127 million. including capital expenditures of na (fy96/97) agriculture - products: bananas. coconuts. vegetables. taro. breadfruit. yams. copra. pineapples. papayas; dairy products. livestock industries: tuna canneries (largely supplied by foreign fishing vessels). handicrafts industrial production growth rate: na% electricity - production: 130 million kwh (2003) electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100% hydro: 0% nuclear: 0% other: 0% (2001) electricity - consumption: 120.9 million kwh (2003) electricity - exports: 0 kwh (2003) electricity - imports: 0 kwh (2003) oil - production: 0 bbl/day (2003) oil - consumption: 4.000 bbl/day (2003 est.) oil - exports: na (2001) oil - imports: na (2001) exports: $10 million (2004 est.) exports - partners: samoa 39.8%. australia 19.9%. japan 15.1%. new zealand 10.5% (2004) imports: $105 million (2004 est.) imports - partners: japan 31.4%. new zealand 27.9%. germany 17.1%. australia 8.9% (2004) debt - external: $na economic aid - recipient: important financial support from the us. more than $40 million in 1994 currency (code): us dollar (usd) currency code: usd exchange rates: the us dollar is used fiscal year: 1 october - 30 september telephones - main lines in use: 15.000 (2001) telephones - mobile cellular: 2.377 (1999) telephone system: general assessment: na domestic: good telex. telegraph. facsimile and cellular telephone services; domestic satellite system with 1 comsat earth station international: country code - 1-684; satellite earth station - 1 (intelsat-pacific ocean) (2005) radio broadcast stations: am 3. fm 4. shortwave 1 (2004) radios: 57.000 (1997) television broadcast stations: 1; note - one cable tv station (2004) televisions: 14.000 (1997) internet country code: .as internet service providers (isps): 1 (2000) internet users: na airports: 3 (2004 est.) airports - with paved runways: total: 2 over 3.047 m: 1 914 to 1.523 m: 1 (2005 est.) airports - with unpaved runways: total: 1 under 914 m: 1 (2005 est.) roadways: total: 185 km paved: 185 km unpaved: 0 km (2004) ports and terminals: pago pago military - note: defense is the responsibility of the us disputes - international: none
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