3American Samoa
American Samoa is approximately halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii. It offers a unique blend of raw rainforests, volcanic landscapes, and turquoise waters. In the late 1800s, the US set up a naval base in the Pago Pago Harbor, this awesome archipelago was officially made a US territory in 1900.
While there is an American influence here, the Samoan culture is preserved here and 90 percent of the indigenous population speak Samoan. This Polynesian paradise features five inhabited islands. They are Tutuila, Ta‘ū, Olosega, Ofu, Aunu’u. There are also two coral atolls.
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