Basic facts about Samoa
Country name: | Samoa |
Capital: | Apia |
Country code: | 432 |
Continent: | Australia-Oceania |
Currency name: | Samoan tālā |
Independence: | |
Independent from: | territory of the US |
Total area (km2): | 199 |
Land area (km2): | 199 |
Water area (km2): | 0 |
Population: | 54,719 |
Population note: | 54,719 (July 2013 est.) |
Official language: | SamoanEnglish |
All languages: | Samoan 90.6% (closely related to Hawaiian and other Polynesian languages), English 2.9%, Tongan 2.4%, other Pacific islander 2.1%, other 2% note: most people are bilingual (2000 census) |
Time zone: | UTC+13:00 (UTC+13) - Summer (DST) UTC+14:00 (UTC+14) |
Date format: | |
Drive on: | left |
Calling code: | +685 |
Domain: | .ws |