PacWastePlus country profile snapshot - Samoa
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Samoa is an archipelago of nine volcanic islands located in the Polynesia region of the South Pacific. The land area of Samoa is 2,830km2, 99% of which is the two main islands, Upolu and Savai'i. The capital of Samoa, Apia, is on this island of Upolo, home to 77% of the 195,979 population .