Samoa

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

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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

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