Languages: Samoan (Polynesian), English
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population : 97% male: 97% female: 97% (1971 est.)
@Western Samoa:Government
Country name: conventional long form: Independent State of Western Samoa conventional short form: Western Samoa
Data code: WS
Government type: constitutional monarchy under native chief
National capital: Apia
Administrative divisions: 11 districts; A'ana, Aiga-i-le-Tai, Atua,
Fa'asaleleaga, Gaga'emauga, Gagaifomauga, Palauli, Satupa'itea,
Tuamasaga, Va'a-o-Fonoti, Vaisigano
Independence: 1 January 1962 (from New Zealand-administered UN trusteeship)
National holiday: National Day, 1 June (1962)