Samoa#
The first Austronesian settlers arrived in Samoa around 1000 B.C., and early Samoans traded and intermarried with Fijian and Tongan nobility.
Government type: parliamentary republic. Chief of state: TUIMALEALI’IFANO Va’aletoa Sualauvi II (since 21 July 2017).
Facts#
Capital |
Apia |
Region |
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand |
Area |
total : 2,831 sq km; land: 2,821 sq km; water: 10 sq km |
Population |
210,223 (2025 est.) |
Languages |
Samoan (Polynesian) (official) 91.1%, Samoan/English 6.7%, English (official) 0.5%, other 0.2%, unspecified 1.6% (2006 est.) |
Currency |
tala (SAT) |
Time zone |
to be filled |
ccTLD |
.ws |
Refugees#
Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.
Camp |
Population |
Origin |
Location |
Notes |
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to be filled |
to be filled |
to be filled |
to be filled |
to be filled |