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Fagatogo

Fagatogo
Village
Etymology: Samoan: faga ("bay"), togo ("mangrove tree")
Fagatogo is located in central American Samoa
Fagatogo
Fagatogo
Location in Tutuila Island
Fagatogo is located in American Samoa
Fagatogo
Fagatogo
Fagatogo (American Samoa)
Coordinates: 14°16′45″S 170°41′25″W / 14.27917°S 170.69028°W / -14.27917; -170.69028
Country United States
Territory American Samoa
CountyMaoputasi
Area
 • Total2.15 km2 (0.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,737
 • Density810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
DemonymFagatogan[1]
Time zoneUTC−11 (Samoa Time Zone)
ZIP code
96799
Area code+1 684

Fagatogo is the downtown area of Pago Pago (the territorial capital of American Samoa).[2] Located in the low grounds at the foot of Matafao Peak, it was the location of the first American settlement on Tutuila Island. It includes the sub-village of Malaloa.[3] Today, Fagatogo is the government, commercial, financial, and shipping center of Tutuila.[4]: 1 [5] It is also the administrative capital of American Samoa.[6] It is the location of the American Samoa Fono (legislature), and is listed in the Constitution of American Samoa as the territory's official seat of government.[7][8][9] Its population (as of April 1, 2010) is 1,737.

Fagatogo contains the Pago Pago port, the Pago Pago bus station and market, and the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago.[10] Fagatogo is also home to the governor's mansion, which sits on a hilltop just west of the Rainmaker Hotel site, in a section of Fagatogo called Utulei. This colonial mansion was built in 1903, during the naval administration. The 1917 Jean P. Haydon Museum is located a little further west. The old jail (built in 1911) and the police station sit just across the field from the Fono.[11] The architecture includes both 19th century clapboard buildings and newer, two-story, monotone concrete structures.[12]

The area around Fagatogo Market is considered the center of Pago Pago. Residents from all over the island travel to it by bus. Several landmarks are visible from the market: Mount ʻAlava, the canneries in Atu'u, Rainmaker Mountain (Mount Pioa), and Pago Pago Harbor.[13] Immediately next to the Fagatogo Market is the Fagatogo Square Shopping Center, a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) retail- and commercial center containing a number of large shops and restaurants.[14][15] Fagatogo is also home to the Pago Pago post office and the city's taxi services, museums, bars, and movie theaters.[2]

Fagatogo is recognized in American Samoa as having played the paramount role in the territory's political history. For example, it is where every agreement between the United States and American Samoa has been signed. It is jocularly called by some the "Washington, D.C. of American Samoa".[16]: 2 

  1. ^ Gray, John Alexander Clinton (1980). Amerika Samoa. Arno Press. Page 95. ISBN 9780405130380.
  2. ^ a b Grabowski, John F. (1992). U.S. Territories and Possessions (State Report Series). Chelsea House Pub. Page 51. ISBN 9780791010532.
  3. ^ Krämer, Augustin (2000). The Samoa Islands. University of Hawaii Press. Page 440. ISBN 9780824822194.
  4. ^ Enright, John (2001). A Walking Tour of Historic Fagatogo: Tutuila, American Samoa. American Samoa Historic Preservation Office.
  5. ^ Leib, Amos Patten (1972). The Many Islands of Polynesia. Schuster Merchandise &. Page 61. ISBN 9780684130101.
  6. ^ Lansford, Tom (2019). Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019. CQ Press. Page 1730. ISBN 9781544327112.
  7. ^ "Revised Constitution of American Samoa". asbar.org. Archived from the original on June 7, 2007. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  8. ^ Districts of American, statoids.com, retrieved 2008-04-26
  9. ^ Explanation of Listings: Country overview, statoids.com, retrieved 2008-04-26 (See the discussion, "What is the capital of X?")
  10. ^ "Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  11. ^ Stanley, David (1999). South Pacific Handbook. David Stanley. Page 443. ISBN 9781566911726.
  12. ^ Stuart, Peter C. (1999). Isles of Empire: the United States and its Overseas Possessions. University Press of America. Page 54. ISBN 9780761813118.
  13. ^ Stanley, David (1999). Moon Handbooks Tonga-Samoa. David Stanley. Page 168. ISBN 9781566911740.
  14. ^ "Pago Pago".
  15. ^ Goodwin, Bill (2006). Frommer’s South Pacific. Wiley. Page 405. ISBN 9780471769804.
  16. ^ Fai’ivae, Alex Godinet (2018). Ole Manuō o Tala Tu’u Ma Fisaga o Tala Ave. Amerika Samoa Humanities Council. ISBN 9781546229070.

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