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===City features=== [[File:AmericanSamoaLegislatureBuilding.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[American Samoa Fono|The Fono]] (legislature) is located in [[Fagatogo]], which is the center of town.]] The Greater Pago Pago Area stretches into neighboring villages:<ref name="Cruise Travel Vol 1980 Page 60"/> * '''[[Fagatogo]]''' is home to the [[Pago Pago Post Office]], museum, movie theater, bars, and taxi services. It is locally known as Downtown Pago Pago.<ref name="Grabowski-1992"/>{{rp|51}} * '''[[Utulei, American Samoa|Utulei]]''' and '''[[Maleimi, American Samoa|Maleimi]]''' are home to some Pago Pago-based hotels. * '''[[Satala, American Samoa|Satala]]''' and '''[[Atu'u, American Samoa|Atu'u]]''' are home to Pago Pago's tuna industry. * '''[[Tafuna, American Samoa|Tafuna]]''' is the location of the Pago Pago International Airport, {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} south of Pago Pago. Some houses are Western-style; others are more traditional Samoan housing units. All houses have running water and plumbing.<ref>McDonald, George (1994). ''Frommer's Guide to the South Pacific, 1994β1995''. Prentice Hall Travel. Page 262. {{ISBN|9780671866600}}.</ref> It has been described as a "thoroughly [[Americanized]]" city.<ref name="Rauzon, Mark J. 2016 Page 7">Rauzon, Mark J. (2016). ''Isles of Amnesia: The History, Geography, and Restoration of America's Forgotten Pacific Islands''. University of Hawai'i Press, Latitude 20. Page 7. {{ISBN|9780824846794}}.</ref> Fagatogo is Pago Pago's chief governmental and commercial center.<ref>Holmes, Lowell D. (1974). ''Samoan Village''. Holt McDougal. Page 98. {{ISBN|9780030779251}}</ref> [[Pago Pago Park]] is a public park by the harbor in Pago Pago. It lies by the Laolao Stream at the very end of Pago Pago Harbor. It is a {{convert|20|acre|adj=on}} recreational complex and culture center. There are a ball field, sports court and boat ramp in the park. The park houses businesses such as the American Samoa Development Bank.<ref>Goodwin, George McDonald (1994). ''Frommer's Guide to the South Pacific, 1994β1995''. Prentice Hall Travel. Page 258. {{ISBN|9780671866600}}.</ref><ref>Lonely Planet Publications (1990). ''Samoa, Western & American Samoa''. Lonely Planet Publications. Page 141. {{ISBN|9780864420787}}.</ref> There are basketball and tennis courts, a football field, a gymnasium, a bowling alley and several Korean food kiosks in the park. The Korean House was built as a social center for the Korean fishermen in town.<ref name="Swaney-1994"/>{{rp|170}}
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