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Descriptor English: Independent State of Samoa
Descriptor Spanish: Estado Independiente de Samoa
Descriptor Estado Independiente de Samoa
Entry term(s) Samoa Occidental
Scope note: Grupo de islas y monarquía constitucional en la parte central suroccidental del Océano Pacífico. La capital es Apia. Las islas fueron administradas conjuntamente por Inglaterra, Estados Unidos y Alemania en 1889-99, y las islas principales de Savai'iy Upolu fueron reconocidas como alemanas hasta 1919. Samoa occidental logró su independencia en 1962 y tomó su nombre formal presente en 1997.
Descriptor Portuguese: Estado Independente de Samoa
Descriptor French: État Indépendant du Samoa
Entry term(s): Samoa, Independent State
Western Samoa
Tree number(s): Z01.639.760.815.800.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014905
Scope note: An island group and constitutional monarchy in the southwest central Pacific Ocean. The capital is Apia. The islands were jointly administered by England, the United States, and Germany 1889-99, with the chief islands of Savai'i and Upolu recognized as German until 1919. Western Samoa gained independence in 1962 and assumed its present formal name in 1997.
Annotation: a monarchy; do not confuse with SAMOA, the island group in Polynesia; AMERICAN SAMOA is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
EP epidemiology
History Note: 99; was WESTERN SAMOA 1975-98
DeCS ID: 15306
Unique ID: D014905
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/07/03
Independent State of Samoa - Preferred
Concept UI M0022932
Scope note An island group and constitutional monarchy in the southwest central Pacific Ocean. The capital is Apia. The islands were jointly administered by England, the United States, and Germany 1889-99, with the chief islands of Savai'i and Upolu recognized as German until 1919. Western Samoa gained independence in 1962 and assumed its present formal name in 1997.
Preferred term Independent State of Samoa
Entry term(s) Samoa, Independent State
Western Samoa



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