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Country Profile - Samoa
The following document is a country profile of the Samoa Islands. Its about the main facts of this Islands.

Samoa
Samoa is a country located in the South Pacific Ocean. Samoa does not share boarders with any states, because i tis an island. Samoan culture is without doubt, central to Polynesian life. Samoan style of music, dance, and visual art, are famous in the Pacific Islands and in the world. The official name of this island is the Independent State of Western Samoa, which is in Samoan called "Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Sāmoa". We can also use name Western Samoa, but this name is not used anymore. The name "Samoa" consist of two parts, "sa", which mean sacred, and "moa", which mean center. So the name can mean "Holy

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