| Oceania > Polynesia > Samoa | |
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| Official Name Independent State of Samoa | |
| Motto Samoa is founded on God | |
| Region Oceania | |
| Sub-Region Polynesia | |
| Capital Apia | |
| Currency Samoan Tala (WST) | |
| Independence Day 1 Jan 1962: Independence from New Zealand in 1962. | |
| Population 187,820 | |
| Nationality Samoan | |
| Ethnic Group 92.6% Samoans, 7.0% Euronesians, 0.4% Europeans, 0.1% East Asian | |
| Area 2,842 km2 | |
| Time Zone UTC+13:00 (UTC+13b) | |
| Geo Location Latitude -13.58, Longitude -172.33 | |
| Dialing Code +685 | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 2 code WS | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 3 code WSM | |
| ISO 9166 numeric 3 code 882 | |
| Code for International Olympic Committee SAM | |
| Country Domain (ccTLD) .ws | |