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Apia

Capital of Samoa

Watercolour of Apia, Samoa. Pia along its low harbor front on the north coast of Upolu, with the town spreading inland toward green volcanic uplands. Featuring The Immaculate Conception Cathedral at Mulivai and Apia Clock Tower.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
The Immaculate Conception Cathedral at Mulivai; Apia Clock Tower; The Fiame Mata’afa Faumuina Mulinuu II government building; German and New Zealand; Corrugated
Viewpoint
Use a slightly elevated view from the eastern harbor side toward the central waterfront and inland southwest, broadening the familiar cathedral-and-clock-tower postcard to include the working town.
Palette
Muted botanical green should predominate in the real inland vegetation and garden trees, with blue-green harbor water and blue-grey roofs providing the principal supporting colors.
Guarded against
Avoid making Apia look like Honolulu with a high-rise beach skyline, Pago Pago with a steep enclosed harbor bowl, or an uninhabited Polynesian lagoon.
Population40,407Wikidata: 37,708
Coordinates13.83°S, 171.77°W
Elevation2 m
Area124 km²
Time zonePacific/ApiaUTC+13
Solar noon12:27clock runs 0.5 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Apia and you surface nearest to Tessaoua, Niger — 27 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

Nuku‘alofaTO890 km
FunafutiTV1,149 km
SuvaFJ1,152 km
Port-VilaVU2,174 km
TarawaKI2,380 km
YarenNR2,770 km
AucklandNZ2,888 km
MajuroMH2,978 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Apia inside this atlas.

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