| LC control no. | n 79145002 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | American Samoa |
| Geographic subdivision usage | American Samoa |
| Variant(s) | Amerika Samoa Amerikaans Samoa Amerikanisch-Samoa AS (American Samoa) ASM (American Samoa) Eastern Samoa Ostsamoa Samoa Sāmoa Amelika Samoa américaines Samoa Americana Samoa (U.S.) Samoainseln (U.S.) Territory of American Samoa |
| See also | Samoa (1873-1899) |
| Other standard no. | Q16641 149435299 0000000404229726 c_336 7625 9258 1207148 C586 5880801 7005667 1802701 D018948 10044688 concept811 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Samoan Islands Polynesia Oceania |
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| Found in | Its American Samoa, a general ... 1913. wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/pacific (American Samoa; 14°20ʹS, 170°00ʹW) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (civil; 14°20ʹ00ʺS 170°00ʹ00ʺW) Wikipedia, viewed Feb. 21, 2012: Samoa entry (The Tripartite Convention of 1899 partitioned the Samoan Islands into 2 parts: the eastern island group became a U.S. territory (American Samoa); the western islands became a German colony, known initially as German Samoa, later as Western Samoa) German National Library GND, May 26, 2018 (Amerikanisch-Samoa; variants: Samoainseln (Ost); American Samoa (GKD); Ostsamoa Samoa (USA); Samoa (Amerikanisch-Samoa); Territory of American Samoa; Amerika Samoa; Amerikanisch Samoa) <http://d-nb.info/gnd/4085684-7> GNIS, May 26, 2018 (Territory of American Samoa; An unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior. Includes three districts (Eastern District, Western District, and Manu'a Island), and two islands (Rose Island and Swains Island); variants: American Samoa; Amerika Samoa; Eastern Samoa; Samoa Americana) Getty thesaurus of geographic names online, May 26, 2018 (American Samoa; variants: Samoa; Territory of American Samoa; Amerika Sāmoa; Sāmoa Amelika; Amerikaans Samoa; Amerikanisch-Samoa; Samoa Americana; Samoa américaines; ASM; AS; Eastern Samoa) Britannica online, June 9, 2020 (American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States consisting of the eastern part of the Samoan archipelago, located in the south-central Pacific Ocean; The territory, which is part of Polynesia, includes the six Samoan islands east of the 171° W meridian) |
| Not found in | GEOnet, June 2, 2005 |
| Geographic area code | poas--- AS ASM US-AS |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 94001322 |
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