German Samoa

German Samoa
*Deutsch-Samoa* (German)
*Siamani-Sāmoa* (Samoan)
German Samoa Deutsch-Samoa (German); Siamani-Sāmoa (Samoan)
1900–1920
	Service flag of the colonial office Coat of arms of the German Empire
	Brown: German New Guinea; yellow: German Pacific protectorates; red: German Samoa; orange: North Solomons, ceded to Britain
Status	Colony of Germany
Capital	Apia
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
• Tripartite Convention	2 December 1899
• Colonization	1 March 1900
• NZ occupation	30 August 1914
• Treaty of Versailles	10 January 1920
• League mandate	17 December 1920
Area
1912	2,831 km2 (1,093 sq mi)
Population
• 1912	33,500
Currency	Goldmark
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kingdom of Samoa
Western Samoa Trust Territory
Dominion of New Zealand

German Samoa (German: Deutsch-Samoa; Samoan: Siamani-Sāmoa) was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1920, consisting of the islands of Upolu, Savai'i, Apolima and Manono, now wholly within the Independent State of Samoa, formerly Western Samoa. Samoa was the last German colonial acquisition in the Pacific basin, received following the Tripartite Convention signed at Washington on 2 December 1899 with ratifications exchanged on 16 February 1900.^[1]^[2] It was the only German colony in the Pacific, aside from the Jiaozhou Bay Leased Territory in China, that was administered separately from German New Guinea.

^ Ryden, George Herbert. The Foreign Policy of the United States in Relation to Samoa. New York: Octagon Books, 1975. (Reprint by special arrangement with Yale University Press. Originally published at New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928), p. 574; the Tripartite Convention (United States, Germany, Great Britain) was signed at Washington on 2 December 1899 with ratifications exchanged on 16 February 1900
^ Flag raising at Mulinu'u Point was 1 March 1900

[GHR-1] Ryden, George Herbert. The Foreign Policy of the United States in Relation to Samoa. New York: Octagon Books, 1975. (Reprint by special arrangement with Yale University Press. Originally published at New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928), p. 574; the Tripartite Convention (United States, Germany, Great Britain) was signed at Washington on 2 December 1899 with ratifications exchanged on 16 February 1900

[2] Flag raising at Mulinu'u Point was 1 March 1900

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