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Samoa |
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Last reviewed: 10 July 2009 |
Country information
Area: 2,850 sq km (1,770 sq miles)
Population: 214,765
Capital city: Apia
People: Samoan, Euronesians, and Europeans
Languages: Samoan, English
Religions: Mostly Christian Roman Catholic, Methodist and Mormon
Currency: Samoan Tala (WST$)
Major political parties: Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), Samoan Democratic United Party (SDUP)
Government: Unicameral Legislative Assembly or Fono
Head of State: Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Tupuola Efi
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister: The Hon Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi (since Nov 1998)
Membership of international groups/organisations: Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP), Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Commonwealth, Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Group of 77 at the United Nations, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), International Development Association (IDA), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement (SPARTECA), Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), United Nations (UN), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Universal Postal Union (UPU), World Health Organisation (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), World Trade Organisation (WTO) (observer).
Health
Most healthcare is funded through public money. Samoa has two public hospitals, three district hospitals, 11 health centres and 17 health subcentres. There is one private hospital.
