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Swains Island| Island that forms part of American Samoa (since 1925); area 2.6 sq km/1 sq mi; population (1990) 16. Some 360 km/225 mi northwest of Pago Pago, Tutuila, it is not part of the Samoa Islands chain. |
| Privately owned and long under the jurisdiction of Britain's Gilbert and Ellice Islands colony, it came under US jurisdiction in 1925. |
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