Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa,
is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands
archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean.
Previous names were Samoa from 1900 to 1919,
and Western Samoa from 1914 to 1997.
It was admitted to the United Nations on 15 December 1976 as Samoa.
The entire island group, inclusive of American Samoa, was known as
Navigators Islands before the 20th century because of the
Samoans' seafaring skills.
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