Samoa - Introduction

Here, we have some interesting facts about Samoa. Samoa (officially: Independent State of Samoa) is a country in Oceania, precisely in Polynesia, with a population of about 230.2 Thousands inhabitants today (2024-11-22). The capital city of Independent State of Samoa is Apia, and the official country TLD code is .ws. Samoa has cca2, cca3, cioc, ccn3 codes as WS, WSM, SAM, 882 respectively. Check some other vital information below.

Samoa , Coat of Arms
Names
Common Samoa
Official Independent State of Samoa
Common (Native) Samoa
Official (Native) Independent State of Samoa
Alternative spellings WS, Independent State of Samoa, Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa
Translations ⬇️
Languages
eng English
smo Samoan
Geography
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Samoa is located in Polynesia and has a total land area of 2842 km². It is bounded by and the capital city is Apia

Region/Continent Oceania
Subregion Polynesia
TimeZone UTC+13:00
Capital city Apia
Area 2842 km²
Population 2024-11-22 230.2 Thousands
Bordered Countreies
Demonym
eng Male: Samoan / Female: Samoan
fra Male: Samoan / Female: Samoane
Lat/Lng -13.58333333, -172.33333333
Historical data and more
The National Flag of Samoa

The flag of Samoa has a red field. A blue rectangle, bearing a representation of the Southern Cross made up of five large and one smaller five-pointed white stars, is superimposed in the canton.

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Currency
Name Samoan tālā
Code WST
Symbol T
Other info
Idependent yes, officially-assigned
UN Member country yes
Start of Week monday
Car Side left
Codes
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 WS
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 WSM
ISO 3166-1 numeric 882
International calling code +685
FIFA 3 Letter Code SAM
All Important Facts about Samoa

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Samoa is found in Polynesia