Apia is the capital of Samoa and is the only city in the whole island group.
It is on Samoa’s second-largest island, Upolu, and is immediately recognisable to its far-flung sons and daughters around the globe by its Roman Catholic Cathedral in the centre of town, its Town Clock Tower (initially erected as a memorial by a father for his son who died of influenza and is now a war memorial for Samoans who fought in World War I and in the Australian and New Zealand forces) and various government buildings.
Apia is home to the UNESCO Office for the Pacific States.