Editing Samoa (section)

{{Short description|Island country in Polynesia, Oceania}}
{{about|the nation of Samoa|the geographical region|Samoan Islands|the territory of the United States|American Samoa|other uses}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox country
| conventional_long_name = Independent State of Samoa
| common_name            = Samoa
| native_name            = {{native name|sm|Malo Sa{{okina}}oloto Tuto{{okina}}atasi o Sāmoa<wbr />}}
| image_flag             = Flag of Samoa.svg
| image_coat             = Coat of arms of Samoa.svg
| symbol_type            = Coat of arms
| national_motto         = ''Faʻavae i le [[Atua]] Sāmoa''<br />"Samoa is founded on God"
| national_anthem        = ''[[The Banner of Freedom|O Le Fuʻa o le Saʻolotoga o Sāmoa]]''<br />"The Banner of Freedom"<div style="padding-top:0.5em;" class="center"></div>
| image_map              = Samoa on the globe (Polynesia centered).svg
| map_caption            = Location of Samoa
| image_map2             = Samoa - Location Map (2013) - WSM - UNOCHA.svg
| map_caption2           = Map of Samoa
| capital                = [[Apia]]
| coordinates            = {{Coord|13|50|00|S|171|45|44|W|type:city}}
| largest_city           = Apia
| official_languages     = [[Samoan language|Samoan]], [[English language|English]]
| religion               = {{unbulleted list|
{{Tree list}}
*97.9% [[Christianity]] ([[State religion|official]])<ref name="Religion"/>
**54.9% [[Protestantism]]
**18.8% [[Catholicism]]
**16.9% [[Mormonism]]
**7.3% other [[Christian]]
{{Tree list/end}}
 |1.7% [[Irreligion|no religion]]
 |0.4% others<ref name=sbs>{{cite web |title=Samoa Population and Housing Census 2021 |url=https://www.sbs.gov.ws/documents/census/2021/Census_2021_Final_Report.pdf?_t=1670528927 |access-date=10 January 2023 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403053500/http://www.sbs.gov.ws/index.php/population-demography-and-vital-statistics |url-status=live }}</ref>
 }}
| religion_year          = 2021
| ethnic_groups          = {{unbulleted list
 |92.6% [[Samoans]]
 |7.0% [[Euronesian]]s
 |0.3% [[Europeans]]
 |0.1% others<ref name=cia>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/samoa/ |title=Samoa |work=CIA – The World Factbook |date=26 October 2021 |access-date=24 January 2021 |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028124346/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/samoa/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 }}
| ethnic_groups_year     = 2021
| demonym                = [[Samoans|Samoan]]
| government_type        = [[Unitary parliamentary republic]]<!--- Consensus in the talk page is that Samoa is a Republic.--->
| leader_title1          = [[O le Ao o le Malo]]{{efn|Head of state}}<!-- Per WP:COMMONNAME -->
| leader_name1           = [[Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II]]
| leader_title2          = [[Prime Minister of Samoa|Prime Minister]]
| leader_name2           = [[Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa]]
| leader_title3          = {{nowrap|[[Legislative Assembly of Samoa|Assembly Speaker]]}}
| leader_name3           = [[Papaliʻi Liʻo Taeu Masipau]]
| legislature            = [[Legislative Assembly of Samoa|Legislative Assembly]]
| sovereignty_type       = [[Independence]]
| sovereignty_note       = from [[New Zealand]]
| established_event1     = [[Treaty of Berlin (1889)|Treaty of Berlin]]
| established_date1      = 14 June 1889
| established_event2     = [[Tripartite Convention]]
| established_date2      = 16 February 1900
| established_event3     = [[German Samoa|Colonisation by Germany]]
| established_date3      = 1 March 1900
| established_event4     = [[Western Samoa Trust Territory|Occupied by New Zealand]]
| established_date4      = 30 August 1914
| established_event5     = League mandate
| established_date5      = 17 December 1920
| established_event6     = UN trusteeship
| established_date6      = 13 December 1946
| established_event7     = Western Samoa Act 1961
| established_date7      = 1 January 1962
| area_km2               = 2,831<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/samoa/|title=Samoa|date=27 February 2023|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|via=CIA.gov|access-date=24 January 2021|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028124346/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/samoa/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| area_rank              = 167th<!-- Area rank should match [[List of countries and dependencies by area]] -->
| area_sq_mi             = 1093
| percent_water          = 0.3
| population_census      = 205,557<ref name=sbs/>
| population_census_year = November 2021
| population_census_rank = 176th
| population_density_km2 = 70
| population_density_sq_mi = 182
| GDP_PPP                = {{increase}}$1.225 billion<ref name=imf2>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=61&pr.y=2&sy=2018&ey=2021&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=862&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a= |title=Samoa |publisher=International Monetary Fund |access-date=10 October 2018 |archive-date=10 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010134944/https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=61&pr.y=2&sy=2018&ey=2021&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=862&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GDP_PPP_year           = 2024
| GDP_PPP_rank           = 
| GDP_PPP_per_capita     = $5,962<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = 
| GDP_nominal            = {{increase}}$908.561 million<ref name=imf2/>
| GDP_nominal_year       = 2024
| GDP_nominal_per_capita = $4,420<ref name=imf2/>
| Gini                   = 38.7 <!--number only-->
| Gini_year              = 2013
| Gini_change            = steady<!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| Gini_ref               = <ref name="wb-gini">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/gini-index-coefficient-distribution-of-family-income/country-comparison/ |title=Gini Index coefficient |publisher=CIA World Factbook |access-date=16 July 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717071854/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/gini-index-coefficient-distribution-of-family-income/country-comparison |url-status=live }}</ref>
| HDI                    = 0.702 <!--number only-->
| HDI_year               = 2022<!-- Please use the year to which the data refers, not the publication year-->
| HDI_change             = decrease<!--increase/decrease/steady-->
| HDI_ref                = <ref>{{Cite web |date=13 March 2024 |title=Human Development Report 2023/2024 |url=https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/global-report-document/hdr2023-24reporten.pdf|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313164319/https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/global-report-document/hdr2023-24reporten.pdf |archive-date=13 March 2024 |access-date=13 March 2024 |publisher=[[United Nations Development Programme]] |language=en}}</ref>
| HDI_rank               = 116th
| currency               = [[Samoan tālā|Tālā]] (WS[[Dollar sign|$]]{{efn|Symbols SAT, ST or T are in use as well. The terms {{lang|sm|tālā}} and {{lang|sm|sene}} are translations of the English words ''dollar'' and ''cent'' in the [[Samoan language]].}})
| currency_code          = WST
| time_zone              = [[UTC+13:00|WST]]
| utc_offset             = +13{{efn|Since 31 December 2011.<ref name="Samoa Changes Timezone">{{cite news |title=Samoa skips Friday in time zone change |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-30/samoa-skips-friday-in-time-zone-change/3753350 |access-date=16 January 2012 |newspaper=ABC Australia |date=31 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103071659/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-30/samoa-skips-friday-in-time-zone-change/3753350 |archive-date=3 January 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| date_format            = dd/mm/yyyy
| drives_on              = left{{efn|Since 7 September 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/in-samoa-drivers-switch-to-left-side-of-the-road/ |work=The New York Times |title=In Samoa, Drivers Switch to Left Side of the Road |first=Richard S. |last=Chang |date=8 September 2009 |access-date=23 May 2010 |archive-date=9 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709113806/https://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/in-samoa-drivers-switch-to-left-side-of-the-road/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although driving is on the left side of the roadway centre line, Samoa allows cars with steering wheels on either the left or the right side of the vehicle to use the roads.}}
| calling_code           = [[+685]]
| cctld                  = [[.ws]]
| footnotes              = {{notelist}}
}}
'''Samoa''',{{efn|{{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|aː|m|ɔː|ə}} {{respell|SAH|maw|ə}};<ref>{{cite news |title=The 22 places you're probably pronouncing incorrectly |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/76397895/the-22-places-youre-probably-pronouncing-incorrectly |first=David |last=Whitley |date=29 January 2016 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208014714/https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/76397895/the-22-places-youre-probably-pronouncing-incorrectly |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Samoa |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195584516.001.0001/m-en_nz-msdict-00001-0046961?rskey=0FvU7f&result=46966 |access-date=8 February 2022 |website=The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195584516.001.0001 |editor-first1=Tony |editor-last1=Deverson |editor-first2=Graeme |editor-last2=Kennedy |year=2005 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-558451-6 |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228215425/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195584516.001.0001/m-en_nz-msdict-00001-0046961?rskey=0FvU7f&result=46966 |url-status=live }}</ref> British/American pronunciation: {{IPAc-en||s|ə|ˈ|m|oʊ|ə}} {{respell|sə|MOH|ə}}.<ref>{{Cite DPCE |page=1179}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/samoa |title=Definition of 'Samoa' |publisher=Collins |access-date=19 March 2022 |archive-date=31 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831075311/https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/samoa |url-status=live }}</ref>}} officially the '''Independent State of Samoa'''{{efn|{{langx|sm|Malo Saʻoloto Tutoʻatasi o Sāmoa}}; {{langx|sm|Sāmoa}}, {{IPA|sm|ˈsaːmʊa|}}}} and known until 1997 as '''Western Samoa''',{{efn|{{Langx|sm|Sāmoa i Sisifo}}}} 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 Island|Manono]] and [[Apolima]]), and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the [[Aleipata Islands]] ([[Nuʻutele]], [[Nuʻulua]], [[Fanuatapu]] and [[Namua]]). Samoa is located {{cvt|64|km|mi nmi}} west of [[American Samoa]], {{cvt|889|km|mi nmi}} northeast of [[Tonga]], {{cvt|1152|km|mi nmi}} northeast of [[Fiji]], {{cvt|483|km|mi nmi}} east of [[Wallis and Futuna]], {{cvt|1151|km|mi nmi}} southeast of [[Tuvalu]], {{cvt|519|km|mi nmi}} south of [[Tokelau]], {{cvt|4190|km|mi nmi}} southwest of [[Hawaii]], and {{cvt|610|km|mi nmi}} northwest of [[Niue]]. The capital and largest city is [[Apia]]. The [[Lapita culture|Lapita]] people discovered and settled the [[Samoan Islands]] around 3,500 years ago. They developed a [[Samoan language]] and [[Culture of Samoa|Samoan cultural identity]].

Samoa is a [[Unitary state|unitary]] [[Parliamentary system|parliamentary democracy]] with 11 [[Districts of Samoa|administrative divisions]]. It is a [[sovereign state]] and a member of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]. Western Samoa was admitted to the [[Member states of the United Nations#Current members|United Nations]] on 15 December 1976.<ref name="UN">{{cite news |title=List of Member States: S |url=https://www.un.org/members/list.shtml |work=United Nations |access-date=27 November 2007 |archive-date=24 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024134907/http://www.un.org/members/list.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> Because of the Samoans' seafaring skills, pre-20th-century European explorers referred to the entire [[Archipelago|island group]], including American Samoa, as the "Navigator Islands".<ref>{{cite news |title=The Navigator Islands |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |date=2 January 1882 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11528257 |access-date=1 May 2017 |archive-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220112142035/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11528257 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CC">{{cite news |title=Samoa |url=http://www.polynesia.com/samoa/island-map.html |work=Polynesian Culture Center |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724221341/http://www.polynesia.com/samoa/island-map.html |archive-date=24 July 2011}}</ref> 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 [[Occupation of German Samoa|bloodlessly occupied]] the colony at the start of [[World War I]]. New Zealand officially gained control of the region as a [[League of Nations]] [[League of Nations mandate|mandate]] in 1920, when it became the [[Territory of Western Samoa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=League of Nations Mandate for German Samoa {{!}} NZHistory, New Zealand history online |url=https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/league-nations-mandate-german-samoa/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=nzhistory.net.nz}}</ref> After being converted into a [[United Nations trust territories|United Nations Trust Territory]] in 1946, Samoa gained independence on 1 January 1962.