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Geographical unit:
 
 Entity
 Samoa 
 Main prefix
 5W 
 Time zone
 +13 h 
 Continent
 Australia and Oceania 
 
          Samoa          
 
 Samoa 

 Samoa - contains of following DXCC entities:
 
          Samoa          
 
 Coat of arms 
 Coin 
 Banknote 
 Stamp 
 Satellite image 
 
 Flag 
 Flag description 
Red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing five white five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross constellation.
 
          Samoa          
 
 Samoa 
 Capital: 
Apia
 Administrative
 divisions: 
11 districts: A'ana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Fa'asaleleaga, Gaga'emauga, Gagaifomauga, Palauli, Satupa'itea, Tuamasaga, Va'a-o-Fonoti, and Vaisigano.
 Population: 
178,631 (July 2002 est.)
 Languages: 
Samoan (Polynesian), English
 Geographic
 coordinates: 
13° 35' S, 172° 20' W
 Area total: 
2,944 sq. km
 Land area: 
2,934 sq. km
 Water area: 
10 sq. km
 Total land
 boundaries: 
0 km
 Coastline: 
403 km
 Elevation
 extremes: 
Pacific Ocean 0 m - Mauga Silisili 1,857 m
 Internet
 country code: 
.ws
 Currency: 
tala (WST)
 Name -
 conventional
 long form: 
Independent State of Samoa
 Name -
 conventional
 short form: 
Samoa
 Former name: 
Western Samoa
 Independence: 
1 January 1962 (from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship)
 Constitution: 
1 January 1962
 Government
 type: 
constitutional monarchy under native chief
 National
 holiday: 
Independence Day Celebration, 1 June (1962)
1 January 1962 is the date of independence from the New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship, 1 June 1962 is the date that independence is celebrated
 
          Samoa          

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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