Kingdom of Samoa
Kingdom of Samoa Malo o Samoa (Samoan) | |||||||||||
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| 1858/1873–1899 | |||||||||||
| Motto: Le Faa Moemoe Lelei | |||||||||||
| Capital | Not specified | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Samoan | ||||||||||
| Demonym | Samoan | ||||||||||
| Government | Unitary absolute monarchy | ||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||
• 1858–1860 | Malietoa Mōli I | ||||||||||
• 1875–1887, 1889–1898 | Malietoa Laupepa | ||||||||||
• 1898–1899 | Malietoa Tanumafili I | ||||||||||
| Establishment | |||||||||||
• Kingdom founded | 1858/1873 | ||||||||||
| 2 December 1899 | |||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | WS | ||||||||||
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The Kingdom of Samoa, or Samoan Kingdom, was a Polynesian kingdom that existed from 1858/1873 to 1899 in Samoan Islands of Polynesia. The monarchy of Samoa abolished under the Tripartite Convention of 1899.