Swains Island has also been known at various times as Olosenga Island, Olohega Island, Quiros Island, Gente Hermosa Island, and Jennings Island.

The current population of the island is 37, all located in the only village. The largest and most populous island is Tutuila, with the Manua Islands, Rose Atoll, and Swains Island also included in the territory.

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East est tricts. County 2010 Population. All of these islands were once inhabited but eventually all of them were resettled, mostly to Wesleyville.HistoryThe… The capital of American Samoa is Pago Pago , on Tutuila. Swains, also known as Olohega is considered to be part of American Samoa. The politics are very complicated. 0 5 1 : 125,000 Miles. Culturally a part of Tokelau, it is an unincorporated unorganized territory of the United States administered by American Samoa.

Swains island’s population also decreased after 1960. Swain s Island, Newfoundland, is actually a group of eight islands on the north side of Bonavista Bay, southeast of Wesleyville. It is actually part of the Tokelau group but is owned by the Jennings family and administered by the United States. Swains Island has also been known at various times as Olosen

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Anthropological evidence and oral history indicate that the island was initially settled by Polynesians and later conquered by Tokelauans from Fakaofo. Swains Island is geographically part of Tokelau, but is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute and is currently administered by the United States as part of American Samoa. Swains Island, an inhabited coral atoll, about 280 miles (450 km) northwest of Tutuila and physiographically separate from the archipelago, was made a part of American Samoa in 1925. Culturally a part of Tokelau, it is an unincorporated unorganized territory of the United States administered by American Samoa. Swains Island (/ ˈ s w eɪ n z /; Tokelauan: Olohega [oloˈhɛŋa]; Samoan: Olosega [oloˈsɛŋa]) is an atoll in the Tokelau chain in the South Pacific Ocean.The island is the subject of an ongoing territorial dispute between Tokelau and the United States, which has administered it as part of American Samoa since 1925. Swains, also known as Olohega is considered to be part of American Samoa. 0 5 1 : 125,000 Miles. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 4.916 billion Swains-Islandians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated. The coral reef benthic community at Swains Island in American Samoa is dominated by an assemblage of plating Montipora and branching Pocillopora meandrina.