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Samoa is a nation in Oceania. New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in 1997.[1]
Samoan Polities
- German Samoa
- Western Samoa
- Independent State of Samoa (From 1962)
Neighbouring Nations
References
- ↑ The CIA World Factbook