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No longer "western", this 1-word nation has moved to the west side of the Intl. Date Line to join Asia & Australia |
Samoa
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FJ |
ISLAND COUNTRIES |
2013-05-02 |
#6599 |
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Administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, this territory consists of Tutuila & 6 other islands |
American Samoa
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$1,200 |
DJ |
ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC |
2003-04-03 |
#4289 |
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In 1878 the U.S. acquired Pago Pago as a coaling station in this Pacific island group |
Samoa
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$800 |
DJ |
PACIFIC ISLANDS |
2000-09-26 |
#3692 |
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"Please, Sir, I want" this Polynesian island that dropped "Western" from its name in 1997 |
Samoa
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$400 |
J |
ISLAND COUNTRIES |
2000-06-26 |
#3656 |
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This "American" territory in the South Pacific is administered by the Department of the Interior |
American Samoa
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$600 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1998-12-29 |
#3297 |
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This unincorporated U.S. territory includes the islands of Olosega, Ofu & Tutuila |
American Samoa
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$800 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1995-11-13 |
#2576 |
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Margaret Mead wrote the first & most famous of her books after a field trip to this island group |
Samoa
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$400 |
DJ |
ISLANDS |
1990-12-28 |
#1460 |
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It's the only inhabited U.S. territory south of the equator |
American Samoa
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FJ |
ISLANDS |
1990-11-16 |
#1430 |
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The eastern part of this island group is American; the western part an independent country |
Samoa
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$400 |
DJ |
PACIFIC ISLANDS |
1989-11-14 |
#1197 |