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... > Geographic Locations > Islands > Pacific Islands > Polynesia > Samoa > Independent State of Samoa
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Islands > Pacific Islands > Polynesia > Samoa > Independent State of Samoa
... > Environment and Public Health > Environment > Islands > Pacific Islands > Polynesia > Samoa > Independent State of Samoa
... > Geographic Locations > Oceania > Australasia > Pacific Islands > Polynesia > Samoa > Independent State of Samoa

Preferred term

Independent State of Samoa  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An island group and constitutional monarchy in the southwest central Pacific Ocean. The capital is Apia. The islands were jointly administered by England, the United States, and Germany 1889-99, with the chief islands of Savai'i and Upolu recognized as German until 1919. Western Samoa gained independence in 1962 and assumed its present formal name in 1997.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Samoa, Independent State
  • Western Samoa

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PRKFHCQ9-W

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