Geographicals

Independent State of Samoa

An island group and constitutional monarchy in the southwest central Pacific Ocean. The capital is Apia. The islands were jointly administered by England, the United States, and Germany 1889-99, with the chief islands of Savai'i and Upolu recognized as German until 1919. Western Samoa gained independence in 1962 and assumed its present formal name in 1997.

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An island group and constitutional monarchy in the southwest central Pacific Ocean. The capital is Apia. The islands were jointly administered by England, the United States, and Germany 1889-99, with the chief islands of Savai'i and Upolu recognized as German until 1919. Western Samoa gained independence in 1962 and assumed its present formal name in 1997.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Samoa, Independent State
  • Western Samoa

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2 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings epidemiology, ethnology.

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Indexing Annotation

a monarchy; do not confuse with SAMOA, the island group in Polynesia; AMERICAN SAMOA is also available

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History Note

1999; was WESTERN SAMOA 1975-1998

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  1. Z01w.639w.760w.815w.800w.400w
  2. Z01w.678w.101w.815w.800w.400w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Independent State of Samoa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014905. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014905
  2. Independent State of Samoa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa
  3. Independent State of Samoa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q683