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Samoa

Capital : Apia

Land Area : 2,944 sq km

Head of Government : Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi (Since 1998)

Population : 219,998

Major Languages : Samoan (Polynesian), English

Major Religion(s) : Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.9% (2001 census)

Date of Joining : 1970

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