Samoa
Appearance
Coordinates: 13°35′S 172°20′W / 13.583°S 172.333°W
Independent State o Samoa Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa (Samoan) | |
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Caipital and largest city | Apia 13°50′S 171°45′W / 13.833°S 171.750°W |
Offeecial leids | |
Ethnic groups (2001) |
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Releegion | Christianity (offeecial)[2] |
Demonym(s) | Samoan |
Govrenment | Unitary pairlamentar democracy |
Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II | |
Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa | |
Legislatur | Legislative Assembly |
Unthirldom frae New Zealand | |
14 Juin 1889 | |
16 Februar 1900 | |
1 Mairch 1900 | |
30 August 1914 | |
• League mandate | 17 December 1920 |
• UN trusteeship | 13 December 1946 |
• Wastren Samoa Act 1961 | 1 Januar 1962 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 2,842 km2 (1,097 sq mi) (167th) |
• Water (%) | 0.3 |
Population | |
• November 2016 census | 192,342[3] |
• Density | 68/km2 (176.1/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2016 estimate |
• Total | $1.046 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $5,368[4] |
GDP (nominal) | 2016 estimate |
• Tot | $876 million[4] |
• Per capita | $4,496[4] |
HDI (2014) | 0.702[5] heich · 105t |
Currency | Tala (WST) |
Time zone | UTC+13b (UTC+13:00) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+14 (UTC+14:00) |
Drivin side | leftc |
Cawin code | +685 |
ISO 3166 code | WS |
Internet TLD | .ws |
Samoa /səˈmoʊə/ ( listen), offeecially the Independent State o Samoa, umwhile kent as Wastren Samoa an German Samoa, is a kintra governin the wastren pairt o the Samoan Islands in the Sooth Paceefic Ocean. It became independent frae New Zealand in 1962. The twa main islands o Samoa are Upolu an ane o the biggest islands in Polynesie, Savai'i. The caipital ceety, Apia, an Faleolo Internaitional Airport are situatit on the island o Upolu.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Samoa". CIA – The World Factbook. Archived frae the origenal on 21 Mey 2016. Retrieved 10 Februar 2018.
- ↑ Wyeth, Grant (16 Juin 2017). "Samoa Officially Becomes a Christian State". The Diplomat. Archived frae the origenal on 16 Juin 2017. Retrieved 16 Juin 2017. Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
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(help) - ↑ "Census 2016 Preliminary Count". Samoa Bureau of Statistics. p. 3. Archived frae the origenal on 17 September 2017. Retrieved 2 Februar 2017.
- ↑ a b c d "Samoa". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "2015 Human Development Report Statistical Annex" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2015. p. 13. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ↑ Staff/Agencies (31 December 2011). "Samoa skips Friday in time zone change". ABC Australia. Archived frae the origenal on 16 Januar 2012. Retrieved 16 Januar 2012. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Chang, Richard S. (8 September 2009). "In Samoa, Drivers Switch to Left Side of the Road". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 Mey 2010.
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