government of American Samoa

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public administration territorial government

The government of American Samoa is the territorial administration of this unincorporated U.S. territory in the South Pacific, overseeing local executive, legislative, and judicial functions under U.S. sovereignty.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
American Samoa territorial government 4
Fono of American Samoa 2
American Samoa Government 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf public administration ⓘ
territorial government ⓘ
administeredByHistorically United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of the Interior

United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Navy (early 20th century)
capital Pago Pago ⓘ
commanderInChief President of the United States ⓘ
constitutionalStatus governed under the U.S. Constitution and federal law ⓘ
country American Samoa ⓘ
delegationTitle Delegate to the U.S. Congress ⓘ
executiveBranchDeputyTitle Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
executiveBranchHeadTitle Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
executiveBranchType territorial executive ⓘ
governmentType territorial presidential representative democracy ⓘ
hasElectionsFor government of American Samoa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fono of American Samoa

Governor of American Samoa ⓘ
hasPosition Delegate to the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
hasTraditionalInstitutions village councils (fono a aliʻi ma faipule) ⓘ
headOfState President of the United States ⓘ
judicialBody District Court of American Samoa ⓘ
High Court of American Samoa ⓘ
village courts of American Samoa ⓘ
judiciaryType territorial judiciary ⓘ
legalSystem American common law ⓘ
customary Samoan law (faʻa Samoa) ⓘ
legislativeBody government of American Samoa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fono of American Samoa
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
localConstitution Constitution of American Samoa ⓘ
localConstitutionEffectiveDate 1967 ⓘ
locatedIn South Pacific Ocean ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Representatives of American Samoa ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Samoan language ⓘ
surface form: Samoan
recognizesCustomaryAuthorityOf matai (Samoan chiefs) ⓘ
responsibleFor environmental regulation in American Samoa ⓘ
infrastructure in American Samoa ⓘ
land use regulation in American Samoa ⓘ
local courts administration in American Samoa ⓘ
public education in American Samoa ⓘ
public health services in American Samoa ⓘ
public safety in American Samoa ⓘ
tax collection in American Samoa ⓘ
sharesPowerWith United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
sovereignState United States of America ⓘ
subjectTo authority of the United States Congress ⓘ
oversight of the U.S. Department of the Interior ⓘ
territorialStatus unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of American Samoa ⓘ
usesCurrency US dollar ⓘ
surface form: United States dollar
votingRightsInCongress non-voting delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tutuila → administrativeCenterOf → government of American Samoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Samoa government
Leone → governedBy → government of American Samoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Samoa territorial government
Manuʻa District → governedBy → government of American Samoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Samoa territorial government
Ofu → governedBy → government of American Samoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Samoa territorial government
Taʻū → governedBy → government of American Samoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Samoa territorial government
Rose Atoll → governingBody → government of American Samoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of American Samoa
Utulei → governingBody → government of American Samoa ⓘ
this entity surface form: American Samoa Government
government of American Samoa → hasElectionsFor → government of American Samoa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fono of American Samoa
Pago Pago → isSeatOf → government of American Samoa ⓘ
government of American Samoa → legislativeBody → government of American Samoa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fono of American Samoa