American Samoa - 15 interesting facts
Some interesting facts:
1. Samoa is the first Pacific island state to gain independence.
2. For a long time, the Samoa archipelago was a place of confrontation between the authorities of Germany and New Zealand.
3. During the influenza epidemic in 1918-1919, this state lost a fifth of its population.
4. There are two official languages in Samoa - Samoan and English.
5. Samoa is where the traditional Polynesian tattoo originated.
6. The highest government position in Samoa is called ''O le Ao O le Malo'', which translates roughly as ''supreme leader''.
7. The national currency of Samoa is called ''tala''
8. In 2011, this state ''lost'' a whole day - December 30, when it was decided to change the time zone from UTC +11 to UTC -13. This was done to facilitate trade cooperation with Australia and New Zealand.
9. The area of the Samoan archipelago is only slightly more than 3 thousand square meters. kilometers, and about a quarter of a million people live in this territory.
10. Despite the influence of foreigners, the Samoans have retained their traditional way of life to this day.
11. About 99% of the Samoan population can read, write and count, which is a very high rate for this region.
12. The most popular sports in Samoa are rugby and cricket, however, cricket here is Samoan - this kind of it is somewhat different from classic cricket.
13. The only city in Samoa is the capital, Apia, with a population of about 35 thousand people. The rest of the country's inhabitants live in numerous villages and towns.
14. About 92% of Samoans are followers of various branches of Christianity.
15. Prior to the arrival of European missionaries in Samoa, the Samoans did not have a written language. It was artificially created on the basis of the Latin alphabet in 1834.
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