!!!American Samoa: Government
||Country name|''conventional long form'': Territory of American Samoa \\ ''conventional short form'': American Samoa \\ ''abbreviation'': AS \\ ''etymology'': the name Samoa is composed of two parts, "sa" meaning "sacred" and "moa" meaning "center," so the name can mean Holy Center; alternatively, it can mean "place of the sacred moa bird" of Polynesian mythology \\ 
||Dependency status|unincorporated and unorganized territory of the US; administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior
||Government type|presidential democracy; a self-governing territory of the US
||Capital|Pago Pago[{GoogleMap location='Pago Pago' zoom='6'}] \\ ''geographic coordinates'': 14 16 S, 170 42 W \\ ''time difference'': UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) \\ 
||Administrative divisions|none (territory of the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 districts and 2 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|adopted 17 October 1960; revised 1 July 1967; amended several times, last in 2013 (2016)
||Legal system|mixed legal system of US common law and customary law
||Citizenship|see United States
||Suffrage|18 years of age; universal
||Executive branch|''chief of state'': President Barack H. OBAMA (since 20 January 2009); Vice President Joseph R. BIDEN (since 20 January 2009) \\ ''head of government'': Governor Lolo Matalasi MOLIGA (since 3 January 2013) \\ ''cabinet'': Cabinet consists of 12 department directors appointed by the governor with the consent of the Legislative Assembly \\ ''elections/appointments'': president and vice president indirectly elected on the same ballot by an Electoral College of 'electors' chosen from each state to serve a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); under the US Constitution, residents of unincorporated territories, such as American Samoa, do not vote in elections for US president and vice president; however, they may vote in Democratic and Republican presidential primary elections; governor and lieutenant governor directly elected on the same ballot by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 8 November 2016 (next to be held in November 2020) \\ ''election results'': Lolo Matalasi MOLIGA re-elected governor; percent of vote - Lolo Matalasi MOLIGA (independent) 60.2%, Faoa Aitofele SUNIA (Democratic Party) 35.8% \\ 
||Legislative branch|''description'': bicameral Fono or Legislative Assembly consists of the Senate (18 seats; members indirectly selected by regional governing councils to serve 4-year terms) and the House of Representatives (21 seats; 20 members directly elected by simple majority vote and 1 decided by public meeting on Swains Island; members serve 2-year terms) \\ ''elections'': House of Representatives - last held on 4 November 2014 (next to be held in November 2016); Senate - last held on 6 November 2012 (next to be held in November 2016) \\ ''election results'': Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independents 18; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - independents 20 \\  \\ ''__note__'': American Samoa elects 1 member by simple majority vote to serve a 2-year term as a delegate to the US House of Representatives; the delegate can vote when serving on a committee and when the House meets as the Committee of the Whole House, but not when legislation is submitted for a "full floor" House vote; election of delegate last held on 4 November 2014 (next to be held on November 2016) \\ 
||Judicial branch|''highest court(s)'': High Court of American Samoa (consists of the chief justice, associate chief justice, and 6 Samoan associate judges and organized into trial, family, drug, and appellate divisions); note - American Samoa has no US federal courts \\ ''judge selection and term of office'': chief justice and associate chief justice appointed by the US Secretary of the Interior to serve for life; Samoan associate judges appointed by the governor to serve for life \\ ''subordinate courts'': district and village courts \\ 
||Political parties and leaders|Democratic Party (Oreta M. TOGAFAU) \\ Republican Party (Tautai A. F. FAALEVAO)
||International organization participation|AOSIS (observer), Interpol (subbureau), IOC, PIF (observer), SPC
||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 fly 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 war club known as a "fa'alaufa'i" (upper; left talon), and a coconut fiber fly whisk known as a "fue" (lower; right talon); the combination of symbols broadly mimics that seen on the US Great Seal and reflects the relationship between the US and American Samoa
||National symbol(s)|a fue (coconut fiber fly whisk) crossed with a to'oto'o (staff); national colors: red, white, blue
||National anthem|''name'': "Amerika Samoa" (American Samoa) \\ ''lyrics/music'': Mariota Tiumalu TUIASOSOPO/Napoleon Andrew TUITELELEAPAGA \\  \\ ''__note__'': local anthem adopted 1950; as a territory of the United States, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is official (see United States) \\