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. The country is located west of the international date line (since 2011) and south of the equator, about halfway between Hawai‘i and New Zealand in the Polynesian region of the Pacific Ocean.
Samoa, the Self-Governing Territory of Samoa (previously known as Western Samoa and German Samoa), is a nation controlling the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The country is situated west of the international date line (since 2011) and south of the equator, roughly midway between Hawai‘i and New Zealand in the Polynesian region of the Pacific Ocean.