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|'''Aofai o Tagata'''
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O le vaega o Sāmoa e pule ai Amerika.
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O '''Amerika Sāmoa''' o le [[Teritori]] o le [[Iunaite Sitete o Amerika]] mai le tausaga e 1900 se'ia o'o mai i le taimi nei. O Amerika Sāmoa o se atunu‘u [[Polenisia|Polenīsia]] i le vasa o le [[Pasefika]]. E 60,000 tagata e nonofo i Amerika Sāmoa. E fitu motu o Amerika Sāmoa. O [[Tutuila]] le motu pito tele i Amerika Sāmoa, na so'o ai lea o Ta'ū. ‘O motu o Manua’a e pito i sasa’e ma e aofia ai motu e tolu o [[Ta'ū]], [[Ofu]], ma [[Olosega]]. O motu o Ofu ma Olosega ua ta’ua o le uso tama’ita’i taluai o lo la’ua va e laitiiti i lo’o le 300 iata le papa’u o le aau. E 60 maila le va o [[Manu'a]] ma Tutuila. Ua lafulemu lona laueleele ma ua tele vaitafe. E maualuluga ia motu uma ma le mauga. O le faitau aofa’i o tagata i Tutuila pe tusa ma le 55,876.

O le faitau aofai o tagata o Amerika Sāmoa, e pei ona faamatalaina e le [[CIA]] o Fuainumera Faamauina, na faatatauina i le 2018 e avea 50,826 tagata.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kopi teuina |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/aq.html |access-date=2019-08-01 |archive-date=2018-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226001806/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/aq.html |dead-url=yes }}</ref> ‘O [[Pagopago]] ‘o le laumua o Amerika Sāmoa. E iai Pagopago i le motu Tutuila i Amerika Sāmoa. E tele fale oloa ma fale o le malo, ma fale sa i lenei aai. E iai fo'i fale tetele i Pagopago. 
'O 'Pagopago fo'i, e to'atele atu tagata e nonofo ai nai lō le fuanūmera o tagata e nonofo 'i le motu o Ta‘ū. O Pagopago le taulaga pito tele o Amerika Sāmoa, i le motu o Tutuila. E 3,656 tagata e nonofo i totonu o le taulaga o Pagopago. O Pagopago e tu ai ofisa o le Malo ma fale pisinisi tetele o le atunuu. O Amerika Sāmoa e le o se atunuu kolone a le malo tele o Amerika, ae o le teritori o le Iunaite Setete. Talu le tausaga 1899 ua pule e le Unaite Setete o Amerika i motu o Amerika Sāmoa. O lea sootaga ua mafai ai e Amerika Sāmoa ona fai ana ia lava faaiuga, mo se faataitaiga, e filifili e Amerika Sāmoa lana kovana ma le lutena kovana.

O lona tau e vevela. O Amerika Sāmoa ma ona siosiomaga i le pasefika o ni nofoaga e le malu puipuia mai i mafuie atonu e mafai pe le mafai foi ona tupu ai se Sunami. E masani ona tutupu afā i le vaitau timuga umi lava ([[Oketopa]]-[[Me]]) ae pu’upu’u le vaitau mālūlū ma le mago ([[Iuni]]-[[Setema]]).<ref>Stanley, David (1993). ''South Pacific Handbook''. David Stanley. Itulau 350. {{ISBN|9780918373991}}.</ref>

== Talafaasolopito==
[[File:Ta'u_Island.JPG|thumb|right|[[Ta'ū]]. O le motu aupito tele lea o [[Manu'a]]; e aupito i sasa’e fo'i.<ref name="Shaffer, Robert J. 2000">Shaffer, Robert J. (2000). ''American Samoa: 100&nbsp;Years Under the United States Flag''. Island Heritage. Itulau 210. {{ISBN|9780896103399}}.</ref>]]
[[File:American_Samoa_Districts.png|thumb|right|Ua vaevaeina [[Tutuila]] i itu-malo tetele e lua.]]
Tala faasolopito o Amerika Sāmoa:<ref>http://www.ashcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/A%20Brief%20Timeline%20of%20the%20History%20of%20American%20Samoa.pdf</ref>

O su’esu’ega i tala eli i le nofoaga o To’aga i [[Ofu]], e fa’amaonia ai sa nonofo mau tagata iina mo le 3,000 tausaga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:1D_9fsTUDIsJ:www.ashpo.org/library/7500022-1989.pdf+To'aga+Ofu+island&hl=en&gl=nz&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjCo9ETJerADlUmrIpGNa0TlEHS34boZCDbsr7ltIVTvC37O9jMHAVZrYq-NctDWAOpMj3i0WePk5Et760Bo-FDgPKP7JBnKuTN0cNfHT9jGBPGvPv8aJHMW-y1v2eQw461q3jn&sig=AHIEtbRwXePsS3tzSzRZiG_nq671oz_5SQ|work=Department of Parks and Recreation, Government of American Samoa |title=Final Report on Archaeological Investigations at Site ''AS-13-1'', To'aga, Ofu Island, American Samoa|first=Patric V. Kirch, Terry L. Hunt, Lisa Nagaoka|last=Jason Tyler|date=November 1989|accessdate=13 July 2010}}</ref>  O Saua i le motu o Ta'ū, o se tasi lea o nofoaga sa ulua’i nofoia i le atu Polenisia, mā ua talitonuina o le tupuaga lea o tagata Samoa ma isi aganuu o le atu Polenisia.

O le uluai fesootaiga faamauina ma tagata [[Europa]] na tulai mai i le 1722, ina ua vaaia e le tagata folau [[Holani]] o Iakopo Rokeuaina ni isi o motu. Na sosoo mai ai lea ma alii [[Farani]] o Louis Antoine de Bougainville i le 1768 ma [[Jean-François de La Pérouse]] i le 1787. Na taunuu mai le uluai misionare [[Kerisiano]] mai Europa le alii [[Peretania]] o Ioane Viliamu mai le [[Lonetona Misionare Sosaiete]] (LMS) i le 1830. Na sisi e le Taitai o le Neivi a Amerika o [[Benjamin F. Tilley]] le fu’a Amerika i le Aega i [[Sogelau]] ia [[Aperila]] 17, 1900, ma tuu atu ai Amerika Sāmoa i lalo o le vaaiga a le Neivi a le [[Iunaite Setete]] mai le 1900 i le 1951.<ref name="Sunia, Fofo I 2009">Sunia, Fofo I.F. (2009). ''A History of American Samoa''. Amerika Sāmoa Humanities Council. Itulau 145-146. {{ISBN|9781573062992}}.</ref>

*'''1899''': Talu le tausaga 1899 ua pule e le Unaite Setete o Amerika i motu o Amerika Sāmoa.
*'''1900''': O Commander Benjamin Franklin Tilley le ulua'i Kovana Sili na filifilia e le Fua a le Iunaite Setete e pulea le Malo o Amerika Sāmoa.<ref name="Sunia, Fofo I 2009"/>
*'''1900''': O le ulua'i sisiina a'e o le fu'a a le Malo o le [[Iunaite Setete]] i totonu o Amerika Sāmoa sa fa'atinoina lea i luga o le nofoaga maupu'epu'e i le Mati'e o Sogelau i le nu'u o Fagatogo.<ref name="Sunia, Fofo I 2009"/>
* '''1912''': Ua fa'alauiloa alo'ia e le Malo o le Iunaite Setete le suiga taua i le igoa o motu o [[Tutuila]] ma [[Manu'a]] mai i le "Malo o le Fua a Amerika" i le igoa '''Amerika Sāmoa'''.<ref>Sunia, Fofo I.F. (2009). ''A History of American Samoa''. Amerika Sāmoa Humanities Council. Itulau 190. {{ISBN|9781573062992}}.</ref>
* '''1925''': Ua alo'ia nei le avea o le motu o [[Swains]] po'o Olohega ma motu o le Malo o Amerika Sāmoa.<ref name="ReferenceA">Sunia, Fofo I.F. (2009). ''A History of American Samoa''. Amerika Sāmoa Humanities Council. Itulau 3. {{ISBN|9781573062992}}.</ref>
* '''1956''': Na filifilia ai e le [[Matagaluega o le Initeria]] se tasi o tama fanau mai le nu'u o [[Pagopago]], [[Peter T. Coleman]], e avea ma ulua'i Sāmoa e fai ma Kovana Sili o Amerika Sāmoa.<ref>Sunia, Fofo I.F. (2009). ''A History of American Samoa''. Amerika Sāmoa Humanities Council. Itulau 262. {{ISBN|9781573062992}}.</ref>
* '''1960''': Sa talia aloa'ia ma faalauailoa ai le Faavae o Amerika Sāmoa ina. 
*'''1980''': Amatalia faigamalaga a le Kamupani [[Va'alele]] o le Hawaiian Air i le va o Amerika Sāmoa ma [[Hawai'i]] .
*'''1981''': Ua filifilia ma avea [[Fofo I.F. Sunia]] ma ulua'i sui o le Teritori mo le Konekeresi.
* '''1990''': Na matua fa'atama’ia ai e le afa malosi o Ofa le atu Sāmoa atoa. 
*'''1991''': Na matua fa'atama'ia foi le afa malosi o Valelia le atunu'u atoa i le masina o [[Tesema]] pe silia ma le vaiaso atoa. Sa matua tele mea totino, o fale, ma fa'ato'aga na fa'aleagaina uma e lenei afa malosi.
* '''1997''': O le uluai taimi lenei na talimalo ai Amerika Sāmoa i Taaloga Laiti o le [[Vasa Pasefika]].<ref>Sunia, Fofo I.F. (2009). ''A History of American Samoa''. Amerika Sāmoa Humanities Council. Itulau 357-358. {{ISBN|9781573062992}}.</ref>
*'''2000''': Na fa'amanatuina i lenei tausaga le atoaga o le 100 tausaga talu ona fa'avaeina le Malo o Amerika Sāmoa, ma lana faiga-pa’aga ma le Malo o le [[Iunaite Setete]].
* '''2009''': Na matua fa'atama'ia ai nisi o nu'u i Amerika Sāmoa ma le motu o [[Upolu]] i [[Sāmoa]], e le tsunami mata'utia i le taeao o le [[Aso Lua]], [[Setema]] 29, 2009. E silia ma le 40 i latou na maliliu ai i galu malolosi o lea galulolo i Upolu, 'ae o Amerika Sāmoa e to'a 24 i latou na maliliu ai.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.samoanews.com/le-lali/manatua-pea-tiga-ma-manu%E2%80%99-o-le-galulolo-2009 |title=Manatua pea tiga ma manu’a o le galulolo 2009 |website=[[Samoa News]]}}</ref>

==Fanua==
[[File:Pagopago_amerika_sāmoa.jpg|thumb|right|[[Pagopago|Pago Pago]], o le aai e aupito tele i Amerika Sāmoa uma.]]
[[File:NPS_american-samoa-map.pdf|thumb|right|O le faafanua o [[Tutuila]].  ‘O Tutuila le motu pito tele.<ref name="Shaffer, Robert J. 2000"/><ref name="Alex Godinet 2018">Fai’ivae, Alex Godinet (2018). ''Ole Manuō o Tala Tu’u Ma Fisaga o Tala Ave''. Amerika Sāmoa Humanities Council. Itulau ix. {{ISBN|9781546229070}}.</ref>]]
[[File:Matafao_Peak_National_Natural_Landmark.jpg|thumb|right|Fa’asi’usi’uga o Matafao. E aupito mauga lenei itu o Tutuila. E 2,142 o futu le maualuga o lea mauga.<ref>Swaney, Deanna (1994). ''Samoa: Western & American Samoa: a Lonely Planet Travel Survival Kit''. Lonely Planet Publications. Itulau 176. {{ISBN|9780864422255}}.</ref>]]
O [[tagata]] totino o Amerika Sāmoa o [[US National]]s.<ref name="Alex Godinet 2018"/><ref>Sunia, Fofo I.F. (2009). ''A History of American Samoa''. Amerika Sāmoa Humanities Council. Itulau 7. {{ISBN|9781573062992}}.</ref>

O le taulaga tele i Amerika Sāmoa o [[Pagopago]]. O lo'o iai le fale o le malo i [[Utulei]]. O aai tetele foi ia: [[Tāfuna]], [[Pagopago|Pago Pago]], [[Nu'uuli]], [['Ili'ili]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://doc.as.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/American-Samoa-Statistical-Yearbook-2016.pdf|title=American Samoa Statistical Yearbook 2016|website=Matagaluega o Fefaatauaiga|access-date=2019-08-01|archive-date=2019-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214131436/http://doc.as.gov/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/American-Samoa-Statistical-Yearbook-2016.pdf|dead-url=yes}}</ref> E 6 motu o Amerika Sāmoa e'aina, 'ae 2 motu e le nnofo ai ni. O motu o Samoa o se vaega o [[Polenisia]] ma na aīnā e tagata i le silia ma le 3,000 tausaga. O motu nei e 2,600 maila Sautesisifo o [[Hawai'i]], 1,800 maila Matuisasa'e o [[Aotearoa]], ma e ta’oto felata‘i ma le Laina o Aso Fa'avāomalo. O atumotu o Samoa e aofia ai le Teritori o Amerika Samoa ma le Malo Tuto‘atasi o Samoa (Samoa i Sisifo). E na‘o Amerika Samoa le Teritori o le [[Iunaite Setete]] e ī Saute o le Ekueta, e aofia ai motu mai maugamū e lima ma motu ‘amu e lua. Mai sisifo i sasa‘e, o nei motu o [[Tutuila]], tama’i motu tuaoi o Aunu’u, ma motu e tolu o [[Manu'a]]-Ofu, Olosega ma Ta'ū. O ona ele’ele e 76 maila fa’atafafā ma le faitau aofa’i o tagata pe tusa ma le 55,000 (2010), e nonofo i le motu o Tutuila.

Ua vaevaeina le malo o Amerika Sāmoa i ni itumalo se 3: Itumalo i Sasa'e, Itumalo i Sisifo, ma le Itumalo o [[Manu'a]].<ref name="Alex Godinet 2018"/>

O le Mauga o Lata, o le nofoaga pito i sili ona maualuga i’inei i Amerika Sāmoa (3,170 futu/966mita), ma e ta’atia tonu lava i le ogatotonu o le motu o [[Ta'ū]].<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

O Amerika Sāmoa e i totonu o le itulagi o le [[Pasefika]] i Saute, e i le va o le Ekueta ma le ''Tropic of Capricorn''. O lona tau e vevela. O le tulaga o le ea e mafanafana toe vevela i le tausaga atoa ma e susū foi le ea. E timu soo ma e a umi lava e po'o ni nai minute po'o aso uma foi. O tausaga ta'itasi e masani ona fuatia i le 125-inisi i nofoaga aupito mamago i le pe a ma le 300-inisi i mauga aupito i maualuluga.<ref>Sunia, Fofo I.F. (2009). ''A History of American Samoa''. Amerika Samoa Humanities Council. Itulau 4. {{ISBN|9781573062992}}.</ref>

===O igoa uma ia o igoa o Motu===
E fitu motu:<ref name="Alex Godinet 2018"/>

*O [[Tutuila]],
*O [[Aunu'u]],
*O [[Ta'ū]] (i Manu'a),
*O [[Olosega]] (i Manu'a),
*O [[Ofu]] (i Manu'a),
*O [[Olohega]] (Swains Island),
*O [[Rose]] (Motu O Manu)

==Siosiomaga==
Ua na'o Sāmoa lava se tasi o atunuu, i se fuainumera itiiti o atunuu i le lalolagi e ola faatasi ai le togotogo saina ma le togotogo mumu. Pau lava isi atunu'u e maua uma ai nei laau e lua o ola faatasi o [[Niu Sila]], [[Niu Kaletonia]], [[Fiti]] ma isi aunu'u o le [[Pasefika]].   E taua ma e tulaga ese ma e tatau ona puipuia. O le mea lea e ala ai ona tele le naunau mai o Ofisa ole Malo Tele i togatogo i lauleele vaia. E ese le taua o le la’au lenei o le Lauie i tagata Sāmoa. O pala i [[Nu'uuli]] ma [[Leone]] ua iloga o ni laueleele vaia aupito taua ia e tatau ona puipuia ma faaleleia mo tuptulaga o i luma.

O pe'a o nisi nei o meaola e mauagofie i le vaomatua i Sāmoa ma vaega eseese o Amerika Sāmoa. E lapopo’a tele e oo lava i le 3 futu le lautele o le 'apa'au.<ref>Butcher, Russell D. and Lynn P. Whitaker (1999). ''National Parks and Conservation Association Guide to National Parks: Pacific Region''. Globe Pequot Press. Itulau 82. {{ISBN|9780762705733}}.</ref> O pe'a na o le pau lea o le manu e lele o le ituaiga mamele e o mai lava mai Amerika Sāmoa.

===Paka Fa'asao o Amerika Sāmoa===
[[File:Pola_Islands_Tutuila_NPS.jpg|thumb|right|O Pola o se nofoaga aupitoa'i lelei mo manufelelei o le sami i Tutuila. O se tulaga lelei lona itumauga e 420 futu (128m).<ref>Kroese, David (2019). ''The Centennial: A Journey Through America’s National Park System''. Wheatmark, Inc. Itulau 547. {{ISBN|9781627876575}}.</ref>]]
E puipui e le Paka Fa’asao o Amerika Sāmoa pe’a, a’au, vaomatua ma le aganuu Sāmoa. O le Paka Fa’asao o Amerika Sāmoa na o le pau lea o le paka a le [[Iunaite Setete]] e i saute o le Ekueta.<ref>Schermeister, Phil (2016). ''National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States''. National Geographic Books. Itulau 316. {{ISBN|9781426216510}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/american-samoa-national-park/ |title=Visit This Unique, Tropical National Park |website=''[[National Geographic]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/npsa/learn/news/fact-sheet.htm |title=Fact Sheet  |website=Paka Fa'asao o Amerika Sāmoa}}</ref> O le [[Motu o Pola]] o se nofoaga puipuia e ofaga i at manufelelei i luga o le sami.  O pe’a o nisi nei o meaola e mauagofie i le vaomatua i Sāmoa ma vaega eseese o Amerika Sāmoa.<ref>Fai’ivae, Alex Godinet (2018). ''Ole Manuō o Tala Tu’u Ma Fisaga o Tala Ave''. Amerika Sāmoa Humanities Council. Itulau 59. {{ISBN|9781546229070}}.</ref> E afa o le Paka Fa'asao a Amerika Sāmoa o lo o iai i [[Manu'a]]. O Manu'a o lo o aumau ai le tele o manufelelei e lē maua i [[Tutuila]]—le segaula, segaolevao, ma le Spotless crake.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/npsa/learn/nature/upload/2nded05J.pdf |title=The special birds of Manu'a  |website=Paka Fa'asao o Amerika Sāmoa}}</ref>

E tupu le ‘amu i ogasami mafanafana o le teropika.  E silia ma le 900 ituaiga i’a e maua i le ā’au i Amerika Sāmoa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/npsa/learn/nature/fishes.htm |title=Fishes  |website=Paka Fa'asao o Amerika Sāmoa}}</ref> E silia ma le 35 ituaiga manulele ese'ese o le lotoifale e ofaga i totonu o lenei paka fa'asao.<ref>https://www.nps.gov/npsa/index.htm</ref> E maua pe'a ma e pau foi lea o se meaola e patino lona tupu'aga ia Amerika Sāmoa.<ref>Haberle, Simon and Janelle Stevenson (2010). ''Altered Ecologies: Fire, Climate and Human Influence on Terrestrial Landscapes''. ANU E Press. Itulau 102. {{ISBN|9781921666810}}.</ref>

E fitu [[National Natural Landmark]]s iinei i Amerika Sāmoa sa mafai ona faatulagaina i le 1972:<ref>Goldin, Meryl Rose (2002). ''Field Guide to the Sāmoan Archipelago: Fish, Wildlife, and Protected Areas''. Bess Press. Itulau 281. {{ISBN|9781573061117}}.</ref>

*Tolotolo i Taputapu: o se tasi o le fitu o National Natural Landmark, e te maua i le mata'aga aupito sili ona maoa'e i totonu o Amerika Sāmoa. O gaoioiga o galu pe a fafati mai ma fetaui ma le pala matu na foa mai maugamu lea e pogai mai ai le motu o Tutuila.
*Fa’asi’usi’uga o Matafao
*Vāinu'u o Vai'ava
*Vainu’u o ‘Aunu’u: O le motu o Aunu’u e ta’oto i le si’u sautesasa’e o Tutuila e tusa o se maila. E a ma le 450 Samoa e nonofo i le nu’u o Aunu’u i le talafatai i sisifo.
*Mauga o Rainmaker 
*Pupū e Tofē o Fogama'a
*Gataifale o Le’alā

<gallery heights="140" class="center">
File:Pago Eroded Volcano in American Samoa.jpg|Fa'asi'usi'uga o Matafao
File:Cape Taputapu National Natural Landmark.jpg|Tolotolo i Taputapu
File:Fagatogo Dock.jpg|Mauga o Rainmaker
File:Line4393 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg|Vāinu'u o Vai'ava
File:Aunu'u Island National National Landmark.jpg|Vainu’u o ‘Aunu’u
File:Le'ala Shoreline National Natural Landmark.jpg|Gataifale o Le'alā
File:Fogama'a Crater.jpg|Pupū e Tofē o Fogāma'a
</gallery>

==Malo ma faiga faaupufai==
Sa tumau pea Amerika Sāmoa i faigamalo a le [[Iunaite Setete]] mai le 1900. I le 1977 na maua ai e 'Amerika Sāmoa le avanoa e filifilia ai fa’apalota sa latou lava Kovana. O Amerika Samoa e le o se malo kolone ae o le [[teritori]] o le Iunaite Setete. I le sainia ai fo’i o le feagaiga i le va o Amerika Sāmoa ma le Iunaite Setete o Amerika, o iina na faavae mai ai lenei mafutaga, ae le’i faapea na mafua mai i ni faiga faamiliteli, ma o le avea ai o Amerika Sāmoa o se vaega o le aiga o le Iunaite Setete o Amerika, o se faaiuga sa iloiloina e ona lava tagata. O Amerika Sāmoa o se Teritori "unincorporated and unorganized" o le Iunaite Setete.<ref name="Alex Godinet 2018"/><ref>Sunia, Fofo I.F. (2009). ''A History of American Samoa. Amerika Sāmoa Humanities Council''. Itulau 6. {{ISBN|9781573062992}}.</ref>

==Aganuu==
O aganu’u eseese o le Polenisia na afua mai i Amerika Sāmoa. O le ala lea o loo feso’ota’i ai ālaga’oa ma talafa’asolopito o Amerika Sāmoa, ma ua iloga ai le maumaututu o lana aganu’u ua silia nei ma le 3,000 tausaga.

Ona o Amerika Sāmoa ose teritori, ole mea lea e matuā taua tele ai le vai i ana tu ma aganu'u. E taua le vasa ile tau o atu-motu, ma e feso'ota'i ai motu ta'itasi ma isi oganu'u ile lalolagi. E taua fo'i auā o le isi lea ala o mea taumafa mo tagata Sāmoa ma ose isi fo'i lea o itu fa'apitoa i mea tau i fa'afiafiaga i tagata nu'u ma e asiasi mai. Ole mamafa o timuga i luga o atu-motu e fesoasoani tele ile fa'aolaolaina o la'au tōtō, ma o vai i luga ole fogāeleele e taua tele mo tagata Sāmoa. Ole olaga sa masani ai Sāmoa ma lona fa'alagolago i mea nate maua ua amata nei ona fesuia'i malie talu ai le ulufale mai o tu fa'a-Eulope, ae maise lava le mea tau tupe.

== Gagana ==
[[File:American_Samoa_National_Park_sign_for_Lower_Sauma.jpg|thumb|right|'Alasopo i le Tuasivi i Sauma]]
O le atunu'u nei o Amerika Samoa e le tele lava se ese'esega ma le atunu'u o [[Samoa]] i sisifo. Talu ai o tagata palalagi sa fa'apea ona o mai ma fa'aleaga va a ia motu e lua o Sāmoa, fa'apenei lava o lo'o lelei mea uma. O le [[Gagana fa'a Sāmoa]] sa fa'apea ona pasi mai i a tatou tua'a i talatu'u, o le mea na e tele ai isi atunu'u e ta'i tutusa a latou gagana ma le gagana fa'asamoa. E pei la o le gagana a tagata [[Tuvalu]], ai sea ea le mea e tutusa ai isi upu a tagata Tuvalu ma tagata Sāmoa? Ae e ese'ese lava nei nu'u? Talu ai e leai ni tusitusiga fa'amaufailoga ai pe ta'u atu ai o tagata Tuvalu e o mai mai i Sāmoa. Ae o le latou gagana, ma talatu'u. O le mea tonu lava lena e ta'ua ai tagata Pasefika, atoa ma tagata Samoa i le upu faaperetaniaina: ''The Navigators''. Po'o tagata malaga i luga o vasa.

==Sosaiete==
==Tamaoaiga==
==Aoga==

==Vaega o Ata==
<gallery>
File:Fatu Rock.jpg|[[Fatu ma Futi]]
File:1farleftpalms.jpg|Matafaga i [[Ofu]]
File:Pola Tai view from Mount Alava Adventure Trail.jpg|O le tuasivi o [[Polauta]] o se mapu'e (papamaa mai le lava), ae le o se gutu o se maugamu.
File:American Samoa tramway remains.jpg|'Alasopo Taua Lona Lua
File:Pola island.jpg|Motu o Pola
File:Samoa islands 2002.gif|O atumotu o Sāmoa
File:American Samoa on the globe (Polynesia centered).svg|Tulaga o motu o Sāmoa i le [[Pasefika]]
</gallery>

== Tagai foi i le==
*[[Sāmoa]]
*[[Iunaite Sitete o Amerika]]

== Mau faasino==
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