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Samoa information
Summary
| Location: | Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand |
| Population: | 217,083
note: prior estimates used official net migration data by sex, but a highly unusual pattern for 1993 lead to a significant imbalance in the sex ratios (more men and fewer women) and a seeming reduction in the female population; the revised total was calculated using a 1993 number that was an average of the 1992 and 1994 migration figures (July 2008 est.) |
| Capital: | name: Apia
geographic coordinates: 13 50 S, 171 44 W
time difference: UTC-11 (6 hours behind Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| GDP per capita: | $5,000 (2008 est.) |
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