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Samoa

Full country name: Independent State of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa)
Area:2860 sq km (1115 sq mi)
Population: 224,715
Capital city: Apia
People: Samoan 93%, Euronesians 7%
Languages: Polynesian, English
Religion: Christian 99.7% (about half of the Christian population belongs to the London Missionary Society)
Government: Constitutional monarchy under native chief
Chief of State: Chief Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II
Prime Minister: Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
GDP: US$183 million
GDP per head: US$1106
Annual growth: 6.7%
Inflation: 7.5%
Major industries: Agriculture, tourism, food processing, fishing
Major trading partners: New Zealand, Australia, American Samoa, Germany, Japan, China

© 2002 Youth and Gender Sensitive Public Expenditure Management in the Pacific

A University of South Australia project
with the Governments of Samoa and The Republic of The Marshall Islands
Funded by the Asian Development Bank