Samoan Islands
Also known as Samoa Islands, Samoa, Navigators' Islands
archipelago covering 3,030 km² (1,170 sq mi) in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and the wider region of Oceania
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The Samoan Islands are a group of islands in the central South Pacific that cover about 3,030 square kilometers and are part of the larger Polynesian region. They matter as a significant part of Oceania's geography and cultural identity in the Pacific.
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Research
1,857 papers- Ethical Considerations for Introducing School-Based Hearing and Vision Screening in the Pacific Islands: A Samoan Case Study.The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology · 2024
- The dual burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases in the Asia-Pacific region: examples from the Philippines and the Samoan Islands.Medicine and health, Rhode Island · 2007
- Evolutionary history of modern Samoans.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
- Ethical issues for large-scale hearing aid donation programmes to the Pacific Islands: a Samoan perspective.Journal of medical ethics · 2020
- Samoan migrants' perspectives on diabetes: A qualitative study.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2019
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The Samoan Islands (Samoan: Motu o Sāmoa) are an archipelago covering 3,030 km (1,170 sq mi) in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region of Oceania. Administratively, the archipelago comprises all of the Independent State of Samoa and most of American Samoa (apart from Swains Island, which is geographically part of the Tokelau Islands). The land masses of the two Samoan jurisdictions are separated by 64 km (40 mi; 35 nmi) of ocean at their closest points.
The population of the Samoan Islands is approximately 250,000. The inhabitants have in common the Samoan language, a culture known as fa'a Samoa, and an indigenous form of governance called fa'amatai. Samoans are one of the largest Polynesian populations in the world, and most are of exclusively Samoan ancestry.