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Samoa

Australia & Oceania

Independent State of Samoa

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🗺️ Apia, Samoa

Capital city

📍 -13.8333°, -171.7500°View larger map →

📍 Essential Info

CapitalApia

TimezoneUTC+13 (18 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

Population210.2K

LanguagesSamoan (Polynesian) (official) 91.1%, Samoan/English 6.7%, English (official) 0.5%, other 0.2%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 est.)

Governmentparliamentary republic

🔌 Practical Info

Driving SideRight

Electrical PlugsVaries

Internet Code.ws

Internet Users58%

GDP per Capita$6,900

🌍 Geography

LocationOceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand

Size Comparisonslightly smaller than Rhode Island

Climatetropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October)

Terraintwo main islands (Savaii, Upolu) and several smaller islands and uninhabited islets; narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rugged mountains in interior

👥 People & Culture

Ethnic GroupsSamoan 96%, Samoan/New Zealander 2%, other 1.9% (2011 est.)

ReligionsProtestant 54.9% (Congregationalist 29%, Methodist 12.4%, Assembly of God 6.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4.4%, other Protestant 2.3%), Roman Catholic 18....

Median Age27.8 years

Life Expectancy75.7 years

National HolidayIndependence Day Celebration, 1 June (1962)

Cultural Information

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Data sourced from the CIA World Factbook