Samoa flag information

Flag description: red with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side quadrant bearing five white five-pointed stars representing the Southern Cross constellation. .

Flags

American Samoa, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Federated States of, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna

Related region

Oceania

Additional information about Samoa

Official country name: Independent State of Samoa

Short name: Samoa
Local names (long and short forms): Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa / Samoa
Former name: Western Samoa
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Nationality noun / adjective: Samoan(s) / Samoan

Languages spoken: Samoan (Polynesian), English. .

Capital: Apia (GMT -9.9, summertime: )

Government type: parliamentary democracy

Population: 217083 ranked 185, (data 2008)

Geography: occupies an almost central position within Polynesia. The lowest point is Pacific Ocean 0 m and the highest point is Mauga Silisili (Savaii) 1,857 m. .

Coastline: Coastline 403 km - . .

Land borders: Samoa has a total of 0 km landborders, bordering to . . .

Administrative divisions: 11 districts; A'ana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua, Fa'asaleleaga, Gaga'emauga, Gagaifomauga, Palauli, Satupa'itea, Tuamasaga, Va'a-o-Fonoti, Vaisigano

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Independence: 1 January 1962 (from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship)