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'''Pago Pago''' ({{pronounced|ˈpɑŋo ˈpɑŋo}} by native Samoan-speakers and sometimes {{IPAEng|ˈpɑŋgoʊ ˈpɑŋgoʊ}} by others) is the [[capital]] [[town]] of [[American Samoa]]. It is actually a [[village]]area that is often mistaken to be a [[city]] (as in a capital or [[port]] city) of this south Pacific territory of the [[United States|United States of America]]. Its [[2000]] population was 11,500. The village is located on ''Pago Pago Harbor'', in the island of [[Tutuila]]. [[Tourism]], entertainment, food, and [[tuna]] canning are the primary industries here. From [[1878]] to [[1951]], this was a coaling and repair station for the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]].
[[Image:Fagatogo Dock.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A portion of the docks at Fagatogo in Pago Pago Harbor. In the background is the Rainmaker (Pioa) Mountain]]
[[Image:Charlie Tuna AmSamoa.JPG|thumb|300px|right|Starkist's Charlie the Tuna at Atu‘u, Pago Pago, American Samoa]]
'''Pago Pago''' is one of the several villages in the ''Urban agglomeration of Pago Pago'' along the shore of "Pago Pago harbor" located at the very eastern part (inside) of the [[embayment]]. The area includes a number of villages, among them '''[[Fagatogo, American Samoa|Fagatogo]]''', the legislative and judicial area, and '''[[Utulei, American Samoa|Utulei]]''', the executive area ([http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9057989/Pago-Pago 1]).
However, because the name ''Pago Pago'' is associated with the harbor itself - the only significant port of call in American Samoa - ''Pago Pago'' is now generally applied not only to the village itself, but to the whole harbor area and to the villages in it.<Ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.house.gov/faleomavaega/samoan-constitution.shtml
| title = American Samoa Constitution
| accessdate = 2007-02-16
| publisher = Congress of the United States - Congressman Eni Faleomavaega
}}</Ref> It is in this sense that Pago Pago becomes the [[de facto]] capital town of American Samoa.
Pago Pago is a mixture of colorful semi-urban communities, a small town, tuna canneries (which provide employment for a third of the population of Tutuila) and a harbor surrounded by dramatic cliffs, which plunge almost straight into the sea. A climb to the summit of [[Mt. Alava]] (see [[National Park of American Samoa]]) provides a magnificent bird's-eye view of the harbor and town.
Until [[1980]], one could experience the view from the peak by taking an [[aerial tramway]] over the harbor, but on [[April 17]] ([http://americansamoa.gov/history/samhist_forweb.pdf 2]) of that year a [[U.S. Navy]] plane, flying overhead as part of the [[Flag Day]] celebrations, struck the cable; the plane then crashed into a wing of the [[Rainmaker Hotel]]. The tram remains unusable, although according to ''[[Lonely Planet]],'' plans have been put forth to reopen it. Less spectacular, but worth the drive, is the view from the top of the pass above Aua Village on the road to [[Afono]].
Both the port itself and the legislature of American Samoa — known as the "[[Fono]]" ({{IPA|/ˈfono/}}) — are in [[Fagatogo]], a village adjacent to Pago Pago. Similarly, the once famous Rainmaker Hotel (now closed) is in the village of [[Utulei, American Samoa|Utule‘i]], adjacent to Fagatogo along the south shore of the long harbor. The canneries are in [[Atu‘u]], on the harbor's north shore. It is suggested that one must avoid eating any fish or invertebrate caught in Pago Pago Harbor because they are contaminated with heavy metals and other pollutants.<Ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.nps.gov/archive/npsa/book/04_local.htm
| title = Natural History Guide To American Samoa
| accessdate = 2007-02-16
| publisher = nps.org
}}</Ref>
==References in Popular Culture==
*The action of the [[W. Somerset Maugham]] story 'Miss Thompson' aka 'Rain' is set in Pago Pago.
*Some versions of the [[Careers (board game)|Careers]] board game with 'Go to Sea' as a career, have an opportunity to earn happiness in the square 'Terrific shore leave in Pago Pago'. Game designer [[James Cooke Brown]] may have intended this as a sly reference to the Maugham story.
*[[Ramones]]' song "Touring" cites Pango Pango as one of the locations they were touring at.
*[[Neoton Familia]] popular Hungarian disco band of the 80's sung one of their major hits about and titled as Pago Pago.
==External links==
* [http://www.prh.noaa.gov/samoa/ Pago Pago, American Samoa] National Weather Service Office
* [http://www.weatherunderground.com/global/stations/91765.html Pago Pago] Weather underground
*[http://www.terragalleria.com/pacific/american-samoa/pago-pago Photos of Pago-Pago - Terra Galleria]
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