Samoa

Broader Places
Oceania (200245), Samoa Islands (3871)

Narrower Places
Upolu (Samoa) (755), Savai'i (Samoa) (38), Apolima Strait (Samoa) (20)

Place Type  nation
Other Place Types
primary political unit, independent sovereign nation, constitutional monarchy, mandate

Alternative Terms
Malo Saoloto Tutoatasi o Samoa; Samoa, Independent State of; WSM; WS; ISO882; WS00; Malo Saoloto Tutoatasi o Samoa i Sisifo; Samoa i Sisifo; Western Samoa; Independent State of Western Samoa; Westsamoa; Samoa Occidental; État indépendant du Samoa-Occidental; Samoa Ocidental; Samoan

Latitude  -13.583
Longitude  -172.333

Comprises western Samoa Islands; area was settled by Polynesians (probably from Tonga) of lapita tradition by 1000 BC; large societies developed by 300 BC; controlled by Germany, Britain, & USA late 19th cen.; controlled by New Zealand after WW I; official languages are Samoan (a Polynesian dialect) & English.

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