Samoa

FORUM MEMBERSHIP: 1971
INDEPENDENCE DAY: 1 January 1962
CAPITAL: Apia
AREA: 2,830 sq km
EEZ: 120,000 sq km
POPULATION: 193,000 (2015)
LANGUAGE: English, Samoan
CURRENCY: Tala
ECONOMY: Agriculture, fisheries, tourism
STATUS: Republic
HEAD OF STATE: HH Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II
HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: Prime Minister The Hon Fiame Naomi Mata’afa
WEBSITE: www.samoagovt.ws