Eastern District, American Samoa

Coordinates: 14°16′00″S 170°39′00″W / 14.26667°S 170.65000°W / -14.26667; -170.65000
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The Eastern District of American Samoa is shown in red.

The Eastern District is one of the primary

Utulei
.

District divisions

Eastern District is further divided into counties:

History

Already at the time of joining the union in 1900,

B. F. Tilley, named this region the “Eastern District” and one of the area's chiefs was appointed as District Governor. Under the District Governor were five traditional counties within the district. Each of the counties contained several villages, and Governor B. F. Tilley selected a leading chief from each village and appointed him to be “Pulenuu” (mayor). All these appointments were based on recommendations Tilley had received in the specific counties and villages. The western part of the island had been known as Fofō and Aitulagi, but was renamed the “Western District” by Tilley.[1]

It was the Eastern District which in 1935 brought a resolution that requested the establishment of a legislative body (

U.S. Congress had the right to establish such a legislature. High Talking Chief Tuiasosopo would become one of American Samoa's most prominent leaders in the mid-1940s. The Governor's decision was reversed by Governor Vernon Huber in 1948.[2]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19002,221—    
19123,186+43.4%
19203,777+18.5%
19305,032+33.2%
19406,733+33.8%
195010,624+57.8%
196011,137+4.8%
197015,955+43.3%
198017,311+8.5%
199021,175+22.3%
200023,441+10.7%
201023,030−1.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

Eastern District of Tutuila was first recorded beginning with the 1900 U.S. Census. No census was taken in 1910, but a special census was taken in 1912. Regular decennial censuses were taken beginning in 1920.[4]

Between the

Sua County also experienced population loss, although much lower at -2.8 percent.[5]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9789829008015
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  2. ISBN 9780896103399
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  3. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". Census.gov. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. ^ "Outlying Possessions" (PDF). census.gov. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Population and Annual Growth Rate". American Samoa Department of Commerce. Retrieved September 17, 2019.

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