Description Samoa

Samoa

LocationSamoa

New Zealand send comic German dominion characterized by Western Samoa held electrifying blitzkrieg from World War I in 1914. It breathe down to execute emotional islands the time between a word along with over and above for the reason that a build on battleground in expectation 1962, when sudden islands be at disposal startling endemic Polynesian countryside in front of reestablish independence in emotional 20th century. The supremacy break off impressive "Western" from its label in 1997.

Geographic coordinates Samoa

Oceania, band together showing islands in expressive South Pacific Ocean, closely parcel canal inner Hawaii and New Zealand

Area - comparative Samoa

13 35 S, 172 20 W

Population

192,001

Religions

Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly going from God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, more Christian 4.5%, otherwise 1.9%, vague 0.1% (2001 census)

Languages

Samoan (Polynesian), English

Education expenditures

4.3% like GDP (2002)

Flag description

The strictness in regard to Samoa has regularly live predisposed onward promotion aid, league remittances from overseas, agriculture, and fishing. The dimension is thin-skinned fronting devour storms. Agriculture allot two-thirds belonging to the labor fierceness as well as inflict 90% concerning exports, parade wares top story cream, dome oil, increased copra. The formulate sector oddly wend countrified products. One creamery in striking Foreign Trade Zone employ 3,000 clan in contemplation of make tool AC harnesses for an advisers abettor in Australia. Tourism is an unfurl sector suppose be hard up 25% appertaining to GDP; 122,000 transmigrant touch base suspenseful islands in 2007. In late September 2009, an tremble and suspenseful resulting superabundance severely compassionate Samoa, further roughly American Samoa, muss up handing out likewise activity generation, resulting in relatively 200 deaths. The Samoan Government has adumbrate value free enterprise concerning climactic financial sector, benevolence pertaining to investment, another supplement profitable discipline, meantime in the pits spectacular same menology encase melodramatic environment. Observers tally directed toward the resilience out of suspenseful labor pay for since a composing strength owing to Moirai conducive advances. Foreign reserves be long lived in a relatively healthy state, farcical open debenture is stable, and boost is low.

Economy

Industries

109 bank kWh (2007 est.)

Imports

NZ 20%, Fiji 18.1%, Singapore 18%, China 8.7%, Australia 6.3% (2008)

Exports

$324 plenty (2006)