Samoa

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country in Oceania island country sovereign state

Samoa is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean known for its Polynesian culture, tropical landscapes, and status as an independent parliamentary democracy.

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form As subject As object
Samoan Islands 0 4
Samoa Islands 0 3
German Samoa 0 2
Independent State of Samoa 0 1
Independent State of Samoa (post-2011) 0 1
Independent State of Samoa (pre-2011) 0 1
Samoa archipelago 0 1
Trust Territory of Western Samoa 0 1
Western Samoa 0 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country in Oceania →
island country →
sovereign state →
areaKm2 approximately 2831 →
callingCode +685 →
capital Apia →
climate tropical rainforest climate →
composedOf Savaiʻi →
Upolu →
continent Oceania →
currency Samoan tālā →
currencyCode WST →
demonym Samoan →
drivesOn left →
drivingSideChangeYear 2009 →
ethnicGroupMajority Samoans →
surface form: Samoan people
formerName Samoa self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Western Samoa
governmentType parliamentary republic →
unitary state →
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet →
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Samoa →
headOfStateTitle O le Ao o le Malo →
independenceDate 1962-01-01 →
independenceEvent Western Samoa Act 1961 →
independenceFrom New Zealand →
internationalOrganizationMembership Commonwealth of Nations →
International Monetary Fund →
United Nations →
World Bank →
World Health Organization →
internetTLD .ws →
ISO3166-1Alpha2 WS →
ISO3166-1Alpha3 WSM →
largestCity Apia →
legalSystem mixed legal system of English common law and customary law →
legislature Legislative Assembly of Samoa →
locatedIn South Pacific Ocean →
nameChangeDate 1997-07-04 →
nationalMotto Fa'avae i le Atua Samoa (Samoa is founded on God) →
nationalSport rugby union →
officialLanguage English →
Samoan language →
surface form: Samoan
partOf Polynesia →
region Polynesia →
regionalOrganizationMembership Pacific Community →
Pacific Islands Forum →
religionMajority Christianity →
timeZone UTC+13 →
UTC+14 →
UNAdmissionYear 1976 →

Referenced by (47)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tim Cahill → citizenship → Samoa →
South Pacific → contains → Samoa →
Oceania → containsCountry → Samoa →
Polynesia → containsCountry → Samoa →
subject surface form: Siva Samoa
Olosega → culturalRegion → Samoa →
Samoa → formerName → Samoa self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Western Samoa
German Empire → hadColony → Samoa →
this entity surface form: German Samoa
PIF → hasMember → Samoa →
subject surface form: Pacific Islands Forum
ie lavalava → hasOrigin → Samoa →
Pacific Islands → hasPart → Samoa →
Polynesia → hasPart → Samoa →
Polynesia → hasPart → Samoa →
this entity surface form: Samoan Islands
Polynesia → hasPart → Samoa →
this entity surface form: Samoa archipelago
this entity surface form: Independent State of Samoa (pre-2011)
this entity surface form: Independent State of Samoa
Samoans → indigenousTo → Samoa →
this entity surface form: Samoan Islands
Aunuʻu → locatedIn → Samoa →
this entity surface form: Samoa Islands
this entity surface form: Samoan Islands
Samoa Time Zone → notUsedIn → Samoa →
this entity surface form: Independent State of Samoa (post-2011)
this entity surface form: German Samoa
Tutuila → partOf → Samoa →
this entity surface form: Samoa Islands
Samoans → primaryCountry → Samoa →
UNTC → supervised → Samoa →
subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
this entity surface form: Trust Territory of Western Samoa
Samoa Time Zone → usedIn → Samoa →
Samoa Time Zone → usedIn → Samoa →
this entity surface form: Samoan Islands
Jacob Roggeveen → visited → Samoa →
this entity surface form: Samoa Islands