Oceania · DX entity · DXCC 190

Samoa

Samoa is a DX entity in Oceania, in CQ zone 32 and ITU zone 62. Its primary prefix is 5W.

Flag of Samoa.

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Figure 1. Samoa and its first-level subdivisions, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.001339 degrees, about 149 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 13.8° S 172.1° W.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	190
Name in the ADIF standard	SAMOA
Continent	Oceania
Primary prefix	5W
CQ zone	32
ITU zone	62

Prefixes

5W is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Samoa.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.