Outline of Samoa

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Samoa: Samoa – sovereign island nation located in the western Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean.

[1] Previous names were Samoa from 1900 to 1919, and Western Samoa from 1914 to 1997.

It was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976.

[2] The entire island group, inclusive of American Samoa, was known by Europeans as the Navigator Islands before the 20th century because of the Samoans' seafaring skills.

[5] Local government in Samoa The Fa'amatai system is Samoa's chiefly system of governance existing at the local village level.