Samoa

Independent State o Samoa Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa  (Samoan)
Banner Coat o airms
Motto: "Faʻavae i le Atua Sāmoa" "Samoa is foondit on God"
Anthem: O le fuʻa o le saʻolotoga o Samoa "The Banner o Freedom" The National Anthem of Samoa
Caipital and largest city	Apia 13°50′S 171°45′W
Offeecial leids	Samoan Inglis
Ethnic groups (2001)	92.6% Samoans 7.0% Euronesies 0.4% Europeans 0.1% East Asie
Releegion	Christianity (offeecial)
Demonym	Samoan
Govrenment	Unitary pairlamentar democracy
• O le Ao o le Malo	Va'aletoa Sualauvi II
• Prime Meenister	Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi
Legislatur	Legislative Assembly
Unthirldom frae New Zealand
• Treaty o Berlin	14 Juin 1889
• Tripartite Convention	16 Februar 1900
• Colonization by Germany	1 Mairch 1900
• Colonisation bi New Zealand	30 August 1914
• League mandate	17 December 1920
• UN trusteeship	13 December 1946
• Wastren Samoa Act 1961	1 Januar 1962
Aurie
• Total	2,842 km2 (1,097 sq mi) (167th)
• Water (%)	0.3
Population
• November 2016 census	192,342
• Density	68/km2 (176.1/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$1.046 billion
• Per capita	$5,368
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Tot	$876 million
• Per capita	$4,496
HDI (2014)	0.702 heich · 105t
Currency	Tala (WST)
Time zone	UTC+13b (UTC+13:00)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+14 (UTC+14:00)
Drivin side	leftc
Cawin code	+685
ISO 3166 code	WS
Internet TLD	.ws
Heid o state. Syne 31 December 2011. Syne 7 September 2009.

Samoa /səˈmoʊə/ ( listen), offeecially the Independent State o Samoa, umwhile kent as Wastren Samoa an German Samoa, is a kintra governin the wastren pairt o the Samoan Islands in the Sooth Paceefic Ocean. It became independent frae New Zealand in 1962. The twa main islands o Samoa are Upolu an ane o the biggest islands in Polynesie, Savai'i. The caipital ceety, Apia, an Faleolo Internaitional Airport are situatit on the island o Upolu.