Samoa

Samoa

Samoa ranks 198th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Guernsey, Jersey, and Tuvalu. Memorable people born in present day Samoa include Va'aletoa Sualauvi II, Malietoa Tanumafili II, and Tufuga Efi. Memorable people who died in Samoa include Robert Louis Stevenson and Malietoa Tanumafili II. Samoa has been the birth place of many politicians and boxers and the death place of many writers and politicians.

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands ; two smaller, inhabited islands ; and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands. Samoa is located 64 km (40 mi) west of American Samoa, 889 km (552 mi) northeast of Tonga, 1,152 km (716 mi) northeast of Fiji, 483 km (300 mi) east of Wallis and Futuna, 1,151 km (715 mi) southeast of Tuvalu, 519 km (322 mi) south of Tokelau, 4,190 km (2,600 mi) southwest of Hawaii, and 610 km (380 mi) northwest of Niue. The capital and largest city is Apia. The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a Samoan language and Samoan cultural identity. Read more on Wikipedia