SAMOA SAMOA REGION OCEANIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JANUARY 1 1962 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JANUARY 1 1962 POPULATION 229979 1999 EST AREA 1093 SQ MI CAPITAL APIA FORM OF GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY MAIN INDUSTRIES TIMBER TOURISM LIGHT INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE COCONUTS YAMS BANANAS NATURAL RESOURCES TIMBER CURRENCY TALA GDP 470 MILLION 1997 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2100 1997 EST LANGUAGES SAMOAN AND ENGLISH BOTH ARE OFFICIAL POLYNESIAN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY LITERACY RATE 97 LIFE EXPECTANCY 67 YEARS MALE 72 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 29 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 5 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
