| Name: | Samoa (Independent State of Samoa) |
| Local name (Samoan): | Samoa (Malo Tuto'atasi o Samoa) |
| Former name: | Western Samoa (Samoa i Sisifo) – until 1997 |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 2.86 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 178 ths. |
| Capital: | Apia |
| Official languages: | Samoan, English |