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oceania / Samoan Islands
related: samoan flickrgroup: [|Ecotourism Oceania]

The **Samoan Islands** is an archipelago in the central South Pacific, forming part of the wider region of Oceania. Today, the islands have two jurisdictions, the independent country of Samoa in the western half of the islands, and the territory of American Samoa comprising the islands to the east.

In Samoan culture, it is believed that the Samoan islands were formed as stepping stones by their Diety: Tagaloa.

Samoa is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands. The country became independent from New Zealand in 1962 and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2012. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in Polynesia, Savai'i.

American Samoa consists of 5 main islands and 2 coral atolls. Tip: on Tutuila, the main island, use local, unscheduled "aiga" buses or taxis, or you can rent a car to visit Natlonal Park of American Samoa.

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Flickr
[|Samoa]

2012
[|Samoa 2012] - [|Facebook]

Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/pages/National-Park-of-American-Samoa/118648148187878 https://www.facebook.com/ManuateleCommunityWorldwide [|National Park of American Samoa]

Twitter
[|@NPamericansamoa] http://www.sprep.org - https://twitter.com/SprepChannel

Tourism Portals
[|Samoa.travel] - [|Twitter]

Travel Websites
[|Polynesian Xplorer Blog] - YouTube

Government
[|Government of Samoa] [|Ministry of Natural Resources, and Environment]

Airlines
http://www.samoaair.ws

Biodiversity
[|Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Workshop Series: New Information and Web-based Technologies] [|Second Workshop of the Indigenous Communities, Tourism and Biodiversity Series (November 2008)] [|They're talking biodiversity - Samoa Observer]

Rugby
[|Manu Samoa Rugby News]

Blogs
[|Busy Corner]

Music
http://www.laughingsamoans.com - http://www.laughingsamoans.com/category/tours

Museums
http://www.museumofsamoa.ws

News
[|Samoa Observer]

Holidays

 * June 1** Samoan Independence Day

Editing
[|Samoa]

[|Samoa's Tourism at a Fork in the Road] - article in Conscious.Travel

Wikipedia
[|Samoa] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_Islands

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