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Official nameAmerican Samoa (English); Amerika Samoa (Samoan)
Political statusunincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States with two legislative houses (Senate [18]; House of Representatives [211])
Head of statePresident of the United States: Barack Obama
Head of governmentGovernor: Togiola TulafonoLolo Matalasi Moliga
CapitalFagatogo2 (legislative and judicial) and Utulei (executive)
Official languagesEnglish; Samoan
Official religionnone
Monetary unitdollar (U.S.$)
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1Including the appointed nonvoting delegate from Swains Island.2The seat of the legislature, as defined by the Constitution of American Samoa, is at Fagatogo, one of a number of villages within an urban agglomeration collectively known as Pago Pago.