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Descriptor English: American Samoa
Descriptor Spanish: Samoa Americana
Descriptor Samoa Americana
Entry term(s) Samoa Oriental
Scope note: Grupo de islas de SAMOA, en la parte central suroccidental del Pacífico. La capital es Pago Pago. La isla fue gobernada por jefes nativos hasta aproximadamente 1839. Comenzó a ser objeto de interés de los norteamericanos en 1839 y Pago Pago y el comercio y los derechos extraterritoriales fueron concedidas a los Estados Unidos en 1878. Los Estados Unidos, Alemania e Inglaterra administraron conjuntamente las islas en 1889-99, pero en 1899 fueron concedidas a los Estados Unidos por tratado. El Department of the Interior ha administrado la Samoa Americana desde 1951. (Traducción libre del original: Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p44)
Descriptor Portuguese: Samoa Americana
Descriptor French: Samoa américaines
Entry term(s): Eastern Samoa
Tree number(s): Z01.639.760.815.800.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018948
Scope note: A group of islands of SAMOA, in the southwest central Pacific. Its capital is Pago Pago. The islands were ruled by native chiefs until about 1869. An object of American interest beginning in 1839, Pago Pago and trading and extraterritorial rights were granted to the United States in 1878. The United States, Germany, and England administered the islands jointly 1889-99, but in 1899 they were granted to the United States by treaty. The Department of the Interior has administered American Samoa since 1951. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p44)
Annotation: an island group in Samoa; admin by US Dept of Interior
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
Previous Indexing: Pacific Islands (1966-1968)
Polynesia (1970-1974)
Western Samoa (1968-1995)
Online Note: use WESTERN SAMOA to search AMERICAN SAMOA 1976-95
History Note: 96; was see WESTERN SAMOA 1976-95
DeCS ID: 32862
Unique ID: D018948
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/06/08
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
American Samoa - Preferred
Concept UI M0028318
Scope note A group of islands of SAMOA, in the southwest central Pacific. Its capital is Pago Pago. The islands were ruled by native chiefs until about 1869. An object of American interest beginning in 1839, Pago Pago and trading and extraterritorial rights were granted to the United States in 1878. The United States, Germany, and England administered the islands jointly 1889-99, but in 1899 they were granted to the United States by treaty. The Department of the Interior has administered American Samoa since 1951. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p44)
Preferred term American Samoa
Entry term(s) Eastern Samoa



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