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Samoa
| Location |
S Pacific Ocean, NNE of New Zealand |
| Latitude and longitude |
13 35 S, 172 20 W |
| Sovereignty |
Independent |
| United Nations member? |
Yes |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Independent State of Samoa";
formerly Western Samoa |
| Population |
186,840 |
| Census notes |
est. 2007 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
2,935 |
| Capital |
Apia |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constitution
of the Independent State of Western Samoa, from the Pacific
Islands Legal Information Institute at the University of the South
Pacific School of Law |
Other legal documents online
|
|
Samoan
Law, a collection of statutes, laws, judicial decisions and
other materials from the Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute at
the University of the South Pacific School of Law |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Country
profile: Samoa, from the BBC News |
| Finding
Samoa, from David
Stanley’s South Pacific Organizer |
| Fishery
Country Profile—Samoa, from the Food and Agriculture
Organization |
| Government
of Samoa |
| Independent
States in the World, Office of the Geographer and Global Issues,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State,
Washington, D.C. |
| Samoa, Background Notes, from the U.S. Department of State
(2003) |
| Samoa,
from the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| Samoa,
map and basic demographic and economic data from the South Pacific
Island Web Atlas, provided by the GIS Unit of the University of the
South Pacific |
| Samoa,
from Radio Australia’s Charting the Pacific |
| Samoa,
from Radio Australia’s Time to Talk |
| Samoa
Sources of Law Information, by Professor Don Paterson of the
University of the South Pacific, from the Pacific Islands Legal
Information Institute |
| Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Pacific
Island Populations 2011 (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet 80K) |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| South
Pacific Land Tenure Conflict Symposium: Samoa, by Patea Malo
Setefano, working draft presented to the FAO/USP/RICS Foundation South
Pacific Land Tenure Conflict Symposium at the University of the
South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, April 10-12, 2002 (PDF 163K) |
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