Samoa Country Guide | Guide to Samoa

Capital: Apia

Population: 185,000

Currency: tala (SAT)

Religions: Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, other Christian 4.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other 1.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)

Government: mix of parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy

Languages: Samoan (Polynesian), English

Climate: tropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October)

Phone Code: 684