Samoa
Independent State of Samoa
Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa i Sisifo
CAPITAL: Apia
FLAG: The upper left quarter of the flag is blue and bears five white, five-rayed stars representing the Southern Cross; the remainder of the flag is red.
ANTHEM: The Flag of Freedom.
MONETARY UNIT: The Samoan tala (S) is a paper currency of 100 sene. There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 sene and 1 tala, and notes of 2, 5, 10, 20, and 100 talas. S1 = US$0.3333 (or US$1 = S3.00) as of January 2003.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: British weights and measures are used.
HOLIDAYS: New Year's, 1–2 January; Independence Holidays (first three workdays of June), Anzac Day, 25 April; Christmas Day, 25 December; Boxing Day, 26 December. Movable religious holidays are Good Friday, Easter Monday, and Whitmonday.
TIME: 1 AM = noon GMT.
Location, Size, and Extent
Samoa consists of the islands of Savai'i and Upolu and several smaller islands, of which only Manono and Apolima are inhabited. The country, situated almost centrally both in the Pacific Ocean and among the South Sea islands, has a total land area of 2,944 sq km (1,137 sq mi), extending 150 km (93 mi) ESE–WNW and 39 km (24 mi) NNE–SSW.
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