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He ʻāina mahiʻai ʻo Samoa, ʻo ka ʻōlelo kūlele ka ʻōlelo Samoa, ka ʻōlelo Pelekania maʻamau, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina e manaʻoʻiʻo i ka hoʻomana Kalikiano, a ʻo ke kapikala ʻo Apia wale nō ke kūlanakauhale. Uhi ʻia ʻo Samoa ma kahi o 2934 kilomika kilomika a aia ia ma ka hema o ka Moana Pākīpika a me ka ʻaoʻao komohana o ko Kāmoa Pae ʻĀina. Aia nā mokupuni holoʻokoʻa i ʻelua mau mokupuni nui, ʻo Savaiʻi a me Upolu, a me 7 mau mokupuni liʻiliʻi. Uhi ʻia ka hapa nui o nā panalāʻau e nā ululāʻau a loaʻa kahi aniau nahele tropical tropical. ʻO ke kau maloʻo mai Mei a ʻOkakopa, a ʻo ka wā ua mai Nowemapa a ʻApelila. ʻO ka awelika o ka ua ma kahi o 2000-3500 mm. Aia ʻo Samoa ma ka hema o ka Moana Pākīpika, ma ke komohana o nā mokupuni ʻo Samoa. Aia nā mokupuni ʻelua i nā mokupuni nui ʻelua, ʻo Savaiʻi a me Upolu, a me 7 mau mokupuni liʻiliʻi. hae aupuni: he huinahā kaulike me ka lākiō o ka loa i ka laulā o 2: 1. ʻUlaʻula ka ʻāina hae. ʻO ka huinahā polū ma ka hema hema e noho ana i ka hapahā o ka pae hae. ʻElima mau hōkū keʻokeʻo ʻelima kiko i ka huinahā, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kekahi hōkū. Hōʻailona ka ʻulaʻula i ka wiwo ʻole, hōʻailona ka polū i ke kūʻokoʻa, hōʻailona keʻokeʻo i ka maʻemaʻe, a ʻo nā hōkū ʻelima e hōʻike ana i ka puʻupuʻu o ke Kea Hema. Noho ka poʻe Samoa ma aneʻi ma 3000 mau makahiki i hala. Ua naʻi ʻia e ke Aupuni o Tonga ma kahi o 1,000 mau makahiki i hala. I ka 1250 AD, ua kipaku ka ʻohana Maletoya i nā mea komohewa Tonga a lilo i aupuni kūʻokoʻa. I ka makahiki 1889, ua pūlima ʻo Kelemania, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me Pelekane i ka Kuikahi Berlin, ka mea i hōʻike ʻia i ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ke aupuni kūpaʻa ʻole ma Samoa. I ka makahiki 1899, ua kau inoa ʻo Britain, ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a me Kelemania i kuʻikahi hou. I mea e hoʻololi ai i nā kolone ʻē aʻe me Kelemania, ua hoʻohuli ʻo Pelekane ʻo Samoa Komohana ma lalo o ke aupuni Pelekane i Kelemania, a ʻo Samoa Hikina ma lalo o ke aupuni ʻAmelika. Ma hope o ka hū ʻana o ke Kaua Honua Mua, ua hoʻolaha aku ʻo New Zealand i ke kaua ma Kelemania a noho ʻia ʻo Samoa Komohana. I ka 1946, ua hāʻawi ka United Nations ʻo Samoa Komohana iā New Zealand no ka hilinaʻi. Ua kūʻokoʻa ia ma Ianuali 1, 1962, a lilo i lālā o ka Commonwealth i ʻAukake 1970. I Iulai Iulai 1997, ua kapa hou ʻia ka Mokuʻāina Kūʻokoʻa o Samoa Komohana "Independent State of Samoa", a i ʻole "Samoa" no ka pōkole.
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