Back ساموا الألمانية Arabic آلمان ساموآسی AZB Германска Самоа Bulgarian Njemačka Samoa BS Samoa alemanya Catalan Samoa Almaenig CY Deutsch-Samoa German Γερμανική Σαμόα Greek Samoa alemana Spanish Saksa Samoa ET
German Samoa Königreich Samoa (German) | |||||||||||
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 Coat of arms of the German Empire
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 Brown: German New Guinea; yellow: German Pacific protectorates; red: German Samoa; orange: North Solomons, ceded to Britain | |||||||||||
| Status | Protectorate of Germany | ||||||||||
| Capital | Kaiser willhelmsland | ||||||||||
| Common languages | German (official, administration) Samoan (native) | ||||||||||
| Tupu Sili (ruler of Samoa) | |||||||||||
• 1900–1919 | Wilhelm II | ||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||
• 1900–1911 | Wilhelm Solf | ||||||||||
• 1911–1919 | Erich Schultz-Ewerth | ||||||||||
| Historical era | German colonization in the Pacific Ocean | ||||||||||
| 2 December 1899 | |||||||||||
| 1 March | |||||||||||
| 30 August 1914 | |||||||||||
| 10 January 1920 | |||||||||||
• League mandate | 17 December | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1912 | 2,831 km2 (1,093 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1912 | 33,500 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Goldmark | ||||||||||
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German Samoa (German; Deutsch Samoa) is an island in the Pacific, consisting of the Independent German Samoa islands, German Samoa was the last territory which gain independence from German Empire.