U.S. Ownership of Samoan Islands: American Samoa Is a U.S. Territory

Yes. American Samoa is an unincorporated U.S. territory in the South Pacific. Key facts:

• Capital: Pago Pago (strategic deep-water harbor).
• Administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior (not the Navy since 1951).
• U.S. nationals (not citizens at birth); can naturalize.
• Self-governing under a 1967 constitution; elects a non-voting delegate to U.S. House.

The independent nation of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) is separate.