In July 1997, the constitution was amended to change the country's name from " Western Samoa " to " Samoa ", or formally the " Independent State of Samoa ".
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Banknotes of the Territory of Western Samoa, now the Independent State of Samoa, were issued by the Authority of the New Zealand Government, which governed the islands up until 1962.
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Samoa, the Independent State of Samoa ( formerly known as Western Samoa and German Samoa ), is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
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American Samoa has been an unincorporated territory of the United States since 1900, and Western Samoa, officially known as the Independent State of Samoa, is an independent nation that gained its independence from New Zealand in 1962.
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-"'General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Hu Jintao "'stated : " I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing away of His Highness, Malietoa Tanumafili II, Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa.
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There are more than 180, 000 people of Samoan descent living stateside, which is roughly the population of the Independent State of Samoa, which had an estimated population of 179, 000 in 2009 . Honolulu, Hawaii has the largest Samoan population, while Washington, Utah, and Alaska.
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And before you discount their numbers as representing tiny percentages, consider that, for example, the U . S . Territory of American Samoa has a population of less than 70, 000 and even its larger sister, the Independent State of Samoa, at last official count had a head count of just 179, 466.
