Outline of Samoa explained

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Samoa:

Samoa  - sovereign island nation located in the western Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean.^[1] Previous names were Samoa from 1900 to 1919, and Western Samoa from 1914 to 1997. It was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976.^[2] The entire island group, inclusive of American Samoa, was known by Europeans as the Navigator Islands before the 20th century because of the Samoans' seafaring skills.^{[3] [4]}

General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Samoa, archaic Western Samoa
• Official English country name: The Independent State of Samoa
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Samoan
• Demonym(s): Samoan
• Etymology: Name of Samoa
• ISO country codes: WS, WSM, 882
• ISO region codes: See
• Internet country code top-level domain: .ws

Geography of Samoa

Geography of Samoa

• Samoa is: a country
• Location:
  • Western Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
  • Pacific Ocean
    • South Pacific Ocean
      • Oceania
        • Polynesia
  • Time zone: Samoa Standard Time (UTC+13)
  • Extreme points of Samoa
    • High: Mauga Silisili on Savai'i 18570NaN0
    • Low: South Pacific Ocean 0 m
  • Land boundaries: none
  • Coastline: South Pacific Ocean 403 km
• Population of Samoa: 188,540 (2008) - 178th most populous country
  • Area of Samoa: 2,831 km²
• Atlas of Samoa

Environment of Samoa

See also: List of protected areas of Samoa.

• Climate of Samoa
• Renewable energy in Samoa
• Geology of Samoa
• Protected areas of Samoa
  • Biosphere reserves in Samoa
  • National parks of Samoa
• Wildlife of Samoa
  • Fauna of Samoa
    • Birds of Samoa
    • Mammals of Samoa

Natural geographic features of Samoa

• Islands of Samoa
• Lakes of Samoa
• Mountains of Samoa
  • Volcanoes in Samoa
• Rivers of Samoa
  • Waterfalls of Samoa
• Valleys of Samoa
• World Heritage Sites in Samoa: None

Regions of Samoa

Regions of Samoa

Ecoregions of Samoa

List of ecoregions in Samoa

• Ecoregions in Samoa

Administrative divisions of Samoa

Administrative divisions of Samoa

• Districts of Samoa

Districts of Samoa

Districts of Samoa

Demography of Samoa

Demographics of Samoa

Government and politics of Samoa

Politics of Samoa

• Form of government: parliamentary republic
• Capital of Samoa: Apia
• Elections in Samoa
• Political parties in Samoa
• State-owned enterprises of Samoa
• Statutory Bodies of Samoa

Branches of the government of Samoa

Government of Samoa

Executive branch of the government of Samoa

• Head of state: O le Ao o le Malo, Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa
• Cabinet of Samoa
• Government Ministries of Samoa

Legislative branch of the government of Samoa

• Legislative Assembly of Samoa (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Samoa

Court system of Samoa

• Court of Appeal of Samoa (supreme court)

Constitutional Offices in Samoa

• The Office of the Attorney General
• The Audit Office
• The Office of the Ombudsman
• The Public Service Commission
• Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

Foreign relations of Samoa

Foreign relations of Samoa

• Diplomatic missions in Samoa
• Diplomatic missions of Samoa

International organization membership

The Independent State of Samoa is a member of:^[1]

• African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Commonwealth of Nations
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Group of 77 (G77)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)

• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)
• Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC)
• South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (Sparteca)
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

Law and order in Samoa

Law of Samoa

• Constitution of Samoa
• Crime in Samoa
• Human rights in Samoa
  • LGBT rights in Samoa
  • Freedom of religion in Samoa
• Law enforcement in Samoa

Military of Samoa

Military of SamoaSamoa has no military.^[5]

Local government in Samoa

Local government in Samoa

See also: Fa'amatai. The Fa'amatai system is Samoa's chiefly system of governance existing at the local village level.

History of Samoa

History of Samoa

• Timeline of the history of Samoa
• Current events of Samoa
• Military history of Samoa

Culture of Samoa

Culture of Samoa

• Architecture of Samoa
• Cuisine of Samoa
• Festivals in Samoa
• Languages of Samoa
• Media in Samoa
• National symbols of Samoa
  • Coat of arms of Samoa
  • Flag of Samoa
  • National anthem of Samoa
• People of Samoa
• Public holidays in Samoa
• Records of Samoa
• Religion in Samoa
  • Christianity in Samoa
  • Hinduism in Samoa
  • Islam in Samoa
  • Judaism in Samoa
  • Sikhism in Samoa
• World Heritage Sites in Samoa: None

Art in Samoa

• Art in Samoa
• Cinema of Samoa
• Literature of Samoa
• Music of Samoa
• Television in Samoa
• Theatre in Samoa

Sports in Samoa

Sports in Samoa

• Football in Samoa
• Samoa at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure of Samoa

Economy of Samoa

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 180th (one hundred and eightieth)
• Agriculture in Samoa
• Banking in Samoa
  • National Bank of Samoa
• Communications in Samoa
  • Internet in Samoa
• Companies of Samoa
• Currency of Samoa

Tala

• • ISO 4217

WST

• Energy in Samoa
  • Energy policy of Samoa
  • Oil industry in Samoa
• Mining in Samoa
• Tourism in Samoa
• Transport in Samoa
• Samoa Stock Exchange

Education in Samoa

Education in Samoa

Infrastructure of Samoa

• Health care in Samoa
  • 2019 Samoa measles outbreak
• Transportation in Samoa
  • Airports in Samoa
  • Rail transport in Samoa
  • Roads in Samoa
• Water supply and sanitation in Samoa

See also

Samoa

• Index of Samoa-related articles
• List of international rankings
• List of Samoa-related topics
• Member state of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Oceania

External links

• Government of Samoa

Notes and References

1. Web site: July 2, 2009. Samoa. The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 23, 2009.
2. News: List of Member States: S . United Nations . 2007-11-27.
3. News: The Navigator Islands . . 2 January 1882 .
4. News: Samoa — The Heart of Polynesia . Polynesian Culture Center . 2007-11-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080110150748/http://polynesia.com/samoa/island-map.html . January 10, 2008 .
5. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/samoa/ "Samoa"