Pago Pago (päng`ō päng`ō, päng`gō päng`gō), town (1990 pop. 10,640) and capital of American Samoa American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States (2000 pop. 57,291), comprising the eastern half of the Samoa island chain in the South Pacific.
..... Click the link for more information. , on the Southern shore of Tutuila Tutuila , island (1990 pop. 45,043), 52 sq mi (135 sq km), largest island of American Samoa. The capital and principal harbor is Pago Pago. The island has a rugged eastern area, with a plain in the southwest.
..... Click the link for more information. island. Pago Pago has an excellent, landlocked harbor and is the only port of call in American Samoa. Tourism and tuna canning are important industries. From 1878 to 1951 it was a coaling and repair station for the U.S. navy. Just south of the town is the Pago Pago International Airport.

Pago Pago

Town and agglomeration of towns (pop., 2000: 4,278) that form the capital of American Samoa. Located on the shore of a deep inlet on the southern side of Tutuila Island in the South Pacific Ocean, it was selected in 1872 as the site of a U.S. Navy coaling station. An active naval base until 1951, it is now a regular port of call. Its airport, opened in 1964, has stimulated tourist traffic and modernization.

Pago Pago

a port in American Samoa, on SE Tutuila Island. Pop.: 4278 (2000)

Pago Pago

capital of American Samoa in South Pacific; thought of as a remote spot. [Geography: Misc.]

See : Remoteness

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Alice, who works for the American Samoa Government's Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources, said she was preparing to leave for work in Pago Pago when the earthquake struck.

I feared ground was going to open up; SAMOAN TSUNAMI: Quake survivor ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

CAPTION(S): MATCHWOOD: Rubble and debris litters hillside in Pago Pago FEARSOME: The power of the waves sent boats crashing into buildings, flooded huge areas and left ships high and dry.

NO ONE WILL BE SPARED; BRIT TOT KILLED ON PARADISE ISLE AS TSUNAMI ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)

Looters roamed the devastated streets of the American Samoan capital Pago Pago in search of food and other items after the tsunami battered swathes of the island, smashing homes and hurling cars into treetops.

Death toll nears 150 as Samoa devastation revealed by AFP / AFP Asian Edition