Samoa

Studio photo depicting preparation of the [[Samoa 'ava ceremony Samoa, ; British/American pronunciation: .}} officially the Independent State of Samoa; , }}, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima), and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nuʻutele, Nuʻulua, Fanuatapu and Namua). Samoa is located west of American Samoa, northeast of Tonga, northeast of Fiji, east of Wallis and Futuna, southeast of Tuvalu, south of Tokelau, southwest of Hawaii, and northwest of Niue. The capital and largest city is Apia.

The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a Samoan language and Samoan cultural identity. Because of the Samoans' seafaring skills, pre-20th-century European explorers referred to the entire island group, including American Samoa, as the "Navigator Islands". The country became a colony of the German Empire in 1899 after the Tripartite Convention, and was known as German Samoa. German administration ended in August 1914 after New Zealand troops bloodlessly occupied the colony at the start of World War I. New Zealand officially gained control of the region as a League of Nations mandate in 1920, when it became the Territory of Western Samoa. After being converted into a United Nations Trust Territory in 1946, Western Samoa gained independence on 1 January 1962 and changed its name to just ''Samoa'' on 4 July 1997.

Samoa is a unitary parliamentary democracy with 11 administrative divisions. It was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976 and the country is also a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, Non-Aligned Movement and the Pacific Islands Forum. The island's defence is responsible to the New Zealand Defence Force. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Apia (pub. Feb. 7, 1962-)
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    by Schmidt-Samoa, Erhard, 1935-
    Published 1965
    1965.
    115 p. 21 cm.
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    Apia (pub. 1900-1914)
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    Apia (pub. May, 1920-1945?)
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    Apia (pub.1946-1961)
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    [Apia, J.W. Meredith Govt. Printer]
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    “...Western Samoa...”
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    Published 1973
    Orford, N.H. : Equity Pub. Corp., c1973.
    1 online resource (2 v.) : ill.
    “...American Samoa...”
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    Published 1978
    Wellington, N.Z. : Printed and published under the authority of the government of the Independent State of Western Samoa, 1978-1981.
    1 online resource (6 v.)
    “...Western Samoa...”
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    Published 1960
    [Fagatogo, American Samoa : s.n., 1960?]
    1 online (14, 14 p.)
    “...American Samoa...”
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    Apia.
    v. 28 cm.
    “...Western Samoa...”
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    Published 1931
    [Auckland, N.Z. : National printing co., 1931]
    1 online resource (8 p.)
    “...Samoa (1873-1899)...”
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    Published 1946
    Pago Pago : Office of the Governor, [1946?]
    1 online resource (ix, 277 p.)
    “...American Samoa...”
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    Published 2008
    Mulinuu, Samoa : Office of the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, [2008]
    1 online resource (7 v.)
    “...Samoa...”
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    [Fagatogo : Legislative Reference Bureau]
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    “...American Samoa...”
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    Published 1992
    Pago Pago, American Samoa : Legislative Reference Bureau, [1992]-[1993]
    1 online resource (1 v.)
    “...American Samoa...”
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    Published 1962
    [Pago Pago : Interim Research Section, Govt. of American Samoa, 1962-1967]
    1 online resource (1 v.)
    “...American Samoa...”
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    Published 1954
    [Mulinu'u] : [publisher not identified], [1954]
    1 online resource (452 leaves)
    “...Western Samoa. Constitutional Convention...”
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    Pago Pago, American Samoa : Hight Court of American Samoa.
    “...American Samoa. High Court...”
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    Published 1970
    [Pago Pago : Government of American Samoa, 1970]
    1 online resource (55, 58 p.)
    “...American Samoa. Future Political Status Study Commission...”
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    Published 2006
    Pago Pago, American Samoa : High Court of American Samoa, 2006-
    1 online resource ( volumes)
    “...American Samoa. High Court...”
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