;American Samoa
;American Samoa (Samoan: Amerika Samoa or Samoa Amelika) is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa.
;American Samoa consisting of five rugged, volcanic islands & two coral atolls; the five volcanic islands are: Tutuila, Aunu'u, Ofu, Olosega, Tau; the coral atolls are: Swains & Rose Atoll; of the seven islands, Rose Atoll is an uninhabited Marine National Monument.
;Capital: Pago Pago (de facto), Fagatogo (seat of government)
;Time zone: Samoa Standard Time (SST) (UTC-11)

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COMMENT=Updated July 17, 2017


TYP=Holy
Es-2Dy =Good Friday
Es+1Dy =Easter Monday

01.1.      =New Year's Day
01.1.+3Mo  =Martin Luther King Jr. Day* ;Note=3th Monday January {m}
01.2.+3Mo  =Presidents' Day* ;Note=3th Monday February {m}
17.4.*MVD  =American Samoa Flag Day* ;Note=1900 Eastern Samoa ceded to US (Tutuila Cession) {d}
31.5.-1Mo  =Memorial Day     ;Note=last Monday May
04.7.*MVD  =Independence Day
01.9.+1Mo  =Labor Day        ;Note=1st Monday September
01.10.+2Mo =Columbus Day*    ;Note=2nd Monday October {m}
11.11.*MVD =Veteran's Day
01.11.+4Th =Thanksgiving     ;Note=4th Thursday November
25.12.*MVD =Christmas

TYP=Local
16.7.*MVD  =Manu'a Cession Day* ;Note=1904, Deed of Cession signed by the Tui Manu'a, Local governmental offices closed, private sector & Federal offices are open {d}
29.9.>2009<2011 =#2009th Earthquake & Tsunami Anniversary (2009)* ;Note=2009, Public Holiday (2010)

TYP=LocalHalf
24.12. =Christmas Day  ;Note=banks close at 12:00 noon
31.12. =New Year’s Eve ;Note=banks close at 12:00 noon


TYP=Normal

;yearly days
01.10.+2Su =White Sunday/Children's Day* ;Note=2nd Sunday October {m}
01.11.+1Fr =American Samoa Arbor Day*    ;Note=1st Friday November {m}


;(remembrance) dates by year

02.3.  =Isla de la Gente Hermosa (>Swains Island), 1st European explorer #1606 years ago* ;Note=1606, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós {d}
04.2.  =Isla de la Gente Hermosa >Swains Island #1841 years ago* ; Note=1841, Captain William L. Hudson {d}
13.10. =Swains Island, arrival Eli Hutchinson Jennings #1856 years ago* ;Note=1856 {d}
19.2.  =Island of Tutuila >US Department of the Navy #1900 years ago* ;Note=1900, Executive Order No. 125-A, Pres. William McKinley, >July 1, 1951 {d}
17.4.  =Island of Tutuila ceded to US #1900 years ago* ;Note=1900, Treaty/Deed of Cession of Tutuila {d}
16.7.  =Island of Manu'a ceded to US #1904 years ago* ;Note=1904, Treaty/Deed of Cession of Manu'a {d}
17.7.  =US Naval Station Tutuila >off. American Samoa #1911 years ago* ;Note=1911, islands Tutuila, Aunu'u & Manu'a {d}
04.3.  =Swains Island annexed to American Samoa #1925 years ago* ;Note=1925, Pub. Res. 68-75, 43 Stat. 1357 {d}
20.2.  =Enactment American Samoa > (un)organized US territory #1929 years ago* ;Note=1929, Ratification Act of 1929 (Pub. Res. 70-89, 45 Stat. 1253, codified at 48 U.S.C. § 1661) {d}
29.6.  =American Samoa, Secretary of the Navy >Secretary of the Interior #1951 years ago* ;Note=1951, Executive Order 10264, Pres. Harry S. Truman, eff. July 1, 1951 {d}
27.4.  =American Samoa, 1st constitution adopted #1960 years ago* ;Note=1960, eff. Oct. 17, 1960 {d}
17.10. =American Samoa, 1st constitution effective #1960 years ago* ;Note=1960, adopted Apr. 27, 1960 {d}
02.6.  =American Samoa, 2nd constitution promulgated #1967 years ago* ;Note=1967, eff. July 1, 1967, US: unincorporated & unorganized territory, UN: Non-Self-Governing Territory {d}
01.7.  =American Samoa, 2nd constitution effective #1967 years ago* ;Note=1967, prom. June 2, 1967, US: unincorporated & unorganized territory, UN: Non-Self-Governing Territory {d}


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;http://www.worldtravelguide.net/country/8/public_holidays/Australia-and-South-Pacific/American-Samoa.html#
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 186
;https://www.anz.com/americansamoa/en/about-us/anz-american-samoa/country-information/public-holidays/