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The Samoan Islands or Samoa Islands (formerly referred to as Navigators' Islands) is an archipelago
Archipelago

An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically. The word archipelago literally means "chief sea", from Italian language arcipelago , derived ultimately from Greek language arkhon and pelagos ....
 covering 3,030 kmē in the central South Pacific
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
, forming part of the Polynesia
Polynesia

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean....
 region. Its population is approximately 250,000 persons, sharing a common language, Samoan, and culture, known as fa'asamoa. As of today, politically
Political geography

Political geography is the field of human geography that is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures....
 there are two jurisdictions on the islands:






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The Samoan Islands or Samoa Islands (formerly referred to as Navigators' Islands) is an archipelago
Archipelago

An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically. The word archipelago literally means "chief sea", from Italian language arcipelago , derived ultimately from Greek language arkhon and pelagos ....
 covering 3,030 kmē in the central South Pacific
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
, forming part of the Polynesia
Polynesia

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising a large grouping of over 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean....
 region. Its population is approximately 250,000 persons, sharing a common language, Samoan, and culture, known as fa'asamoa. As of today, politically
Political geography

Political geography is the field of human geography that is concerned with the study of both the spatially uneven outcomes of political processes and the ways in which political processes are themselves affected by spatial structures....
 there are two jurisdictions on the islands:
  • Samoa
    Samoa

    Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa , is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean....
    , a state
    State

    A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
     also called Western Samoa or Independent Samoa (2,831 kmē and 185,000 inhabitants)


  • American Samoa
    American Samoa

    American Samoa is an Territories of the United States of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa....
    , a territory
    Insular area

    An insular area is a United States territory, that is neither a part of one of the fifty U.S. state nor the Washington, D.C., the federal district of the United States....
     of the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    , also called Eastern Samoa (199 square kilometers and 65,000 inhabitants)


See also

  • Samoans
    Samoans

    Samoans are a Polynesian ethnic group living in the Samoan Islands. On their home islands they are divided between an independent state — Samoa — and a territory of the United States, American Samoa or commonly known as Eastern Samoa....
  • Samoan language
    Samoan language

    The Samoan or Samoan language is the traditional language of Samoa and American Samoa and is an official language—alongside English language—in both jurisdictions....