Editing Geography of Samoa (section)

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[[Image:SamoaArchipelago.png|thumb|right|300px|Map of the Samoan archipelago]]
[[File:Samoa topography.png|thumb|300px|Topography of Samoa.]]
[[File:South east coast Savai'i island - Samoa 2009.jpg|thumb|right|200px|South east coast of [[Savai'i]] island.]]
The Samoan archipelago is a chain of 16 islands and numerous seamounts covering {{convert|3,123|km2|0|abbr=on}} in the central [[Pacific Ocean|South Pacific]], south of the equator, about halfway between [[Hawaii]] and [[New Zealand]], forming part of [[Polynesia]] and of the wider region of [[Oceania]]. The islands are [[Savaiʻi]], [[Upolu]], [[Tutuila]], [[Wallis_(island)|’Uvea]], [[Taʻū]], [[Ofu-Olosega#Ofu|Ofu]], [[Olosega]], [[Apolima]], [[Manono Island|Manono]], [[Nuʻutele]], [[Niulakita]], [[Nuʻulua]], [[Namua]], [[Fanuatapu]], [[Rose Atoll]], [[Manono_Island#Neighbouring_islands|Nu'ulopa]], as well as the submerged [[Vailuluʻu]], [[Pasco banks]], and [[Alexa Bank]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2009-2010/Table03.pdf |title= Demographic Yearbook—Table 3: Population by sex, rate of population increase, surface area and density |publisher= United Nations Statistics Division |year= 2010}}</ref>