{"id":49156,"date":"2025-06-02T14:16:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=49156"},"modified":"2025-06-02T17:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:56:10","slug":"samoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/samoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Samoa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Samoa Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>India\u2019s External Affairs Minister S recently extended greetings to the Government and people of Samoa on their Independence Day\u2013observed on 1 June every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Samoa<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>Polynesian island nation<\/strong>\u00a0located in the\u00a0<strong>central South Pacific Ocean.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Samoa sits about\u00a0<strong>halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is made up of an\u00a0<strong>archipelago\u00a0<\/strong>of nine islands, four of which are inhabited.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It covers an area of 2,842 sq.km.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>two largest islands\u00a0<\/strong>are\u00a0<strong>Savai\u2019i and Upolu<\/strong>. About three-quarters of the population lives on the island of Upolu.<\/li>\n<li>The country\u00a0<strong>originated from volcanic activity.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>mountainous<\/strong>, with\u00a0<strong>many lakes and rivers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The islands are\u00a0<strong>ringed by coral reefs and shallow lagoons.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Its\u00a0<strong>capital\u00a0<\/strong>and main commercial centre is\u00a0<strong>Apia<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>on\u00a0<\/strong>the island of\u00a0<strong>Upolu<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Samoa\u00a0<strong>gained its independence from New Zealand in 1962.<\/strong>\u00a0It is the\u00a0<strong>first Pacific island country to achieve independence.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a\u00a0<strong>parliamentary democracy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Languages<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Samoan\u00a0<\/strong>is the country\u2019s\u00a0<strong>official language.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Legislative activity<\/strong>\u00a0is conducted i<strong>n both Samoan and English<\/strong>\u00a0as required by the constitution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>economy\u00a0<\/strong>revolves around\u00a0<strong>fishing and agriculture,<\/strong>\u00a0which is\u00a0<strong>vulnerable to cyclones\u00a0<\/strong>and disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Samoa FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Samoa is located in which part of the Pacific Ocean?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Central South Pacific Ocean<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the capital of Samoa?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Its capital and main commercial centre is Apia, on the island of Upolu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Samoa gained independence from which country in 1962?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. New Zealand<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livemint.com\/news\/all-about-samoa-the-small-island-nation-eam-jaishankar-greeted-on-its-independence-day-11748751419539.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MINT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samoa is a Polynesian island nation in the central South Pacific Ocean, known for its natural beauty, rich culture, and tropical climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,660,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-49156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-samoa","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}