萨摩亚,正式萨摩亚独立国以前西萨摩亚,中南太平洋岛国最西端的波利尼西亚的岛屿国家。面积:1093平方英里(2830平方公里)。人口:2023(美国东部时间)201400年。资本:阿皮亚,乌波卢岛岛。人们主要是波利尼西亚,密切与汤加和新西兰毛利。语言:萨摩亚、英语(官方)。宗教:基督教(主要是新教徒;罗马天主教,其他基督教徒)。货币:塔拉。萨摩亚萨摩亚群岛的一部分,由两个主要的岛屿,乌波卢岛和岛上的火山。还有七个小岛,其中两个,Apolima和Manono,有人居住。萨摩亚有发展经济主要基于农业、轻工业,钓鱼,伐木业、旅游。它是君主立宪制与一个立法,立法议会;国家元首是由立法议会选举,政府首脑是总理。 Polynesians inhabited the islands for thousands of years before Europeans arrived there in the 18th century. The islands were contested by the U.S., Britain, and Germany until 1899, when they were divided between the U.S. and Germany. In 1914 Western Samoa was occupied by New Zealand, which received it as a League of Nations mandate in 1920. After World War II it became a UN trust territory administered by New Zealand. It achieved independence in 1962. In 1997 the word Western was dropped from the country’s name.
