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<text id=94CT1561><title>Western Samoa—Geography</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Western Samoa<nl>Geography</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Oceania, Polynesia, 4,300 km southwest of Honolulu in the South Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 2,860 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 2,850 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly smaller than Rhode Island </list> <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> 0 km <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 403 km <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive economic zone:</hi> 200 nm <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 12 nm </list> <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> none <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical; rainy season (October to March), dry season (May to October) <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> hardwood forests, fish <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 19% <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 24% <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 0% <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 47% <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 10% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> soil erosion <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to occasional typhoons; active volcanism <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity; signed, but not ratified—Climate Change, Law of the Sea </list></list></body></article></text>