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Pago Pago, American Samoa

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    First settled 4,000 years ago
    Territorial capital of American Samoa
    Population: 3,656 (2010)

Why Pago Pago, American Samoa might be annoying:

    It is pronounced 'pango pango.'
    It has been visited by only one American President, Lyndon Johnson in 1966.
    The legislative chamber was destroyed in a fire (December, 1970).
    A tsunami caused 34 deaths and hundreds of injuries (September 29, 2009).
    It is one of the rainiest places on Earth, averaging ten feet of precipitation per year.

Why Pago Pago, American Samoa might not be annoying:

    It has one of the deepest and best-protected harbors in the South Pacific.
    The Sadie Thompson Inn -- where W. Somerset Maugham and the inspiration for his short story 'Rain' stayed in 1917 during quarantine inspection -- was added to the National Register of Historic Places (2003).
    The crews of Apollo 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. and 17 flew from here to Honolulu on their way back to the US mainland.
    It is the top American port based on the value of fish landed: $200 million annually.
    It has equitable temperatures, with monthly averages varying by only 2 degrees Fahrenheit.

Credit: C. Fishel


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