Samoa is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai’i and Upolu); two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono and Apolima); and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nu’utele, Nu’ulua, Fanuatapu and Namua).

Samoa lies roughly halfway between Hawaii (approx. 3,700 km southwest) and New Zealand (approx. 3,000 km northeast).