Outline of Samoa

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 ISO 3166-2:WS♥
• Internet country code top-level domain: .ws

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), Samoa Daylight Time (UTC+14) September–April
  • Extreme points of Samoa
    • High: Mauga Silisili on Savai'i 1,857 m (6,093 ft)
    • 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

• 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

Administrative divisions of Samoa

• Districts of Samoa

Districts of Samoa

Demography 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

Branches of the government of Samoa

Executive branch of the government of Samoa

• Head of state: O le Ao o le Malo, Tupua Tamasese Tufuga Efi
• Head of government: Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
• Cabinet of Samoa

Legislative branch of the government of Samoa

• Legislative Assembly of Samoa (unicameral)

Judicial branch of the government of Samoa

• Court of Appeal of Samoa (supreme court)

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]

Law and order in 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

Samoa has no military.^[5]

Local government in Samoa

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

History of Samoa

Main article: History of Samoa, Timeline of the history of Samoa, and Current events of Samoa

• Military history 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

• Football in Samoa
• Samoa at the Olympics

Economy and infrastructure 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

Infrastructure of Samoa

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

See also

Samoan language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

English language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

• 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

References

External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Samoa

• Government of Samoa
• Samoa travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Outline of Samoa at DMOZ