- Occidental Samoa, officially State independent from Occidentals Samoa, country situated in Polynesia and being a part of the archipelago of Samoa, in the Pacific Ocean, on the West of Americains'Samoa. The archipelago consists of two big islands, Savai i and Upolu, and seven smaller islands, among which two only, Apolima and Manon, are lived. The capital and the main port(bearing) is Apia, situated on Upolu. The total surface of Occidental Samoa is of 2 830 km2. Samoa, archipelago of the centre of the Pacific Ocean. Islands east of the 171-th western degree of longitude form a baptized territory of the United States Americains Samoa. Islands on the West of the 171-th degree of longitude establish(constitute) the State independent from Occidentals Samoa. Islands are of volcanic or coral previous history. The biggest are mountainous and covered with forests. The tropical climate is marked with plentiful rains from November till April. Earthquakes and violent cyclones are frequent. Island vegetation is luxuriant, but extremely reduced fauna. The only specific animals are snakes, lizards and numerous birds. Among these last ones, the most remarkable is the pigeon "! In the toothed beak! ", Didunculus strigirostis, with whom the beak, similar to that of the owl, is provided with three "! Teeth! " Which(who) go out of the lower mandible. Samoa appealed formerly "! Archipelago of the Navigators! ".
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