Samoa

Samoa
Region	Samoan Islands
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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.

Samoan Polities

•  German Samoa
•  Western Samoa
• Independent State of Samoa (From 1962)

Neighbouring Nations

• Fiji
• Tonga
• Tuvalu (Commonwealth realm)
• American Samoa

References

• The World Factbook (CIA)
  
• Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (CIA)
  
• World Statesmen.org