Samoa

Oceania

Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand.

Fa'avae i le Atua Samoa (Samoa is founded on God)		13.9020759S 171.8344116W
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi

Capital

Apia
 
Government
Parliamentary republic

Religion
Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.1%. 

Population
193,161

Ethnic group
Samoan 92.6%, Euronesians (persons of European and Polynesian blood) 7%, Europeans 0.4%.
National Language                   
Samoan
          
National Day
1 January 1962(from New Zealand)

Anthem
The Banner of Freedom

Currency
Tala (WST)

Attractions
Auala Green Turtle Conservation,   Falealupo Lava Tube Trail,  Lake Lanotoo,  Mulinuu Peninsula,  Palolo Deep Marine Reserve,  Robert Louis Stevenson Museum,  Salealua Lava Fields,  Tia Seu Ancient Mound 

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Art & Cultural

The ICON

The Apia Samoa Temple The Apia Samoa Temple was the 24th constructed and 22nd operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After it was destroyed by fire, a new temple was built and dedicated on the same grounds. The temple in Apia, capital city of Samoa, was first announced on October 15, 1977. A groundbreaking ceremony and site dedication were held on February 19, 1981 with Spencer W. Kimball giving the dedicatory prayer. Both the original temple and the rebuilt temple use a classic modern design with a single spire, on a 2-acre (8,100 m2) temple site. The original temple was 14,560 square feet (1,353 m2), but with the rebuilding the total floor area is now 18,691 square feet (1,736.5 m2). The exterior of the temple is finished with granite. The temple has two ordinance rooms and two sealing rooms. The temple was open to the public for tours July 19 through 30, 1983. Gordon B. Hinckley dedicated the Apia Samoa Temple August 5, 1983 and rededicated the new temple on September 4, 2005. The Apia Samoa temple is one of the more heavily used temples of the Church and serves members from 20 stakes in American Samoa, and the islands of Upolu and Savai'j.

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