Oceania · DX entity · DXCC 009

American Samoa

American Samoa is a DX entity in Oceania, in CQ zone 32 and ITU zone 62. Its primary prefix is KH8.

Flag of American Samoa.

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Figure 1. American Samoa and its first-level subdivisions. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.001872 degrees, about 208 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 14.4° S 169.5° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	009
Name in the ADIF standard	AMERICAN SAMOA
Continent	Oceania
Primary prefix	KH8
CQ zone	32
ITU zone	62

Prefixes

KH8 is the primary prefix. The country files list 4 prefixes and prefix blocks for American Samoa.

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KH8 AH8 NH8 WH8

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.