Population: 214,265
Capital: Apia
Time Zone: UTC-11
Currency Name: tala (SAT)
Government Type: Parliamentary democracy
Languages: Samoan (Polynesian), English
Ethnic Breakdown: Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians 7% (persons of European and Polynesian blood), Europeans 0.4%
Religion: Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.1%
Major Cities: Apia
Phone Country Code: 685
Health Concerns:
Official Tourism Website: http://www.visitsamoa.ws/
High Travel Season: May - October
Voltage: 230 V - 50 Hz
Electrical Plug Type: I
Major Holidays:
Misc Fact / Good to Know: The famous Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson brought his family to live in Samoa in 1890.
