Western Samoa

a Western Samoa - the state in a southwest part of Pacific ocean, occupies the western part of archipelago Samoa - islands Savaiis, Upolu, Apolima, etc., a total area 2,8  thousand sq. km. The population - 163  thousand persons, in the core samoantsy. The majority of believers - protenstants and roman catholics. Official languages - samoansky and English. Capital - Apia. The head of the state - the leader samoantsev.

Islands of a vulcanic parentage, in the core mountainous (altitude to 1858 . A climate tropical, hot and wet, with frequent gale-force winds. Mid-annual temperature 26  °C, deposits on the average falls out 3000  mm a year. Slopes of mounts are covered by wet tropical woods among which there are fine woods adamantine wood, krupnolistovye myrtle family with fragrant flowers, giant baniany which krone attains 100  m across diameter. At apexes of the highest mounts magnificent woods are replaced by a so-called foggy small forest and a mountain bush, and at flat coasts cultural landscapes with plantations of coconut palms, bananas, cocoa, etc. crops predominate.

The Majority of islanders lives in traditional huts - the halyard, having the oval form. Walls are absent, and the roof from coconut palm or ramp leaves reposes on wood piles.

The Unique city and the basic port of a Western Samoa - state Apia capital (33  thousand inhabitants), is had on island Upolu. Centre Apii is erected buildings on by one-storeyed and two-storeyed dwellings of the European phylum over which church campaniles powerfully tower. In a city there is an observatory, three hostels, the small factories, offices of the foreign companies, and also government agencies. In suburb Apii there is a farm of known English writer R.L.Stevenson.