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Atlas-country
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Samoa
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Sāmoa Samoa
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Gagana Sāmoa
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Sāmoa - Mālo Tuto'atasi o Sāmoa
O Sāmoa o se atunuu laitiiti lava. Mai le taimi muamua, e lua ni motu tetele sa faapena ona iai. O igoa la nei o Motu Sāmoa i Sisifo lea ua faaigoa o Sāmoa ma Sāmoa i Sasa'e lea, ua faaigoa ia American Sāmoa. O motu e valu o Sāmoa: Savaii, Upolu, Manono, Apolima, Nu'usafee, Fanuatapu, Nu'ulua, ma Nu'utele. E 180,000 le aofai o tagata i nonofo i totonu o Sāmoa.
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English
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Samoa - Independent State of Samoa
The Independent State of Samoa is a country comprising a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Previous names were German Samoa from 1900 to 1919, and Western Samoa from 1914 to 1997. It was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976 (UN members) as Samoa. It has maritime borders with ► Tuvalu, ► Tokelau, ► American Samoa, ► Tonga and ► Wallis and Futuna. The entire group was known as Navigators Islands before the 20th century because of the Samoans' seafaring skills. It has a population of 176,710 (2001 census)
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Short name
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Samoa
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Official name
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Independent State of Samoa
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Status
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Independent country since 1962
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Location
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Pacific Ocean
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Capital
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Apia
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Population
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202,506 inhabitants
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Area
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2,031 square kilometres (784 sq mi)
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Major languages
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Samoan, English (both official)
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Major religions
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Protestantism, Roman Catholicism
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More information
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Samoa, Geography of Samoa, History of Samoa and Politics of Samoa
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More images
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Samoa - Samoa (Category).
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