The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Columbia Encyclopedia World Factbook American Heritage Coll. Apia , the capital, is on Upolu.
Tourism is also important.
All of the Samoan islands west of long. New Zealand seized the islands from Germany in 1914 and obtained a mandate over them from the League of Nations in 1921. The United Nations made Western Samoa a trusteeship of New Zealand in 1946. 3 Western Samoa, a constitutional monarchy, has a 47-member legislative assembly. Western Samoa is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and of the United Nations.