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Where is American Samoa located in the Pacific Ocean?
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American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States situated in the south-central Pacific Ocean. It comprises the eastern portion of the Samoan archipelago, located approximately 1,600 miles (2,600 km) northeast of New Zealand and 2,200 miles (3,500 km) southwest of Hawaii.1