Is Samoa the first to see the sun?

Samoa! As you may know the international date line is as crooked as the contents of a badly packed suitcase, and Samoa, once known as the last place to see the sun set, is now the first place on the planet you can see the sun rise. This makes it's neighbour American Samoa the last.



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Samoa is one of the first countries in the world to see the sun rise and American Samoa is the last country to see the sun rise. The map shows that they are only about 100 km apart. The time difference between the two regions is 24 hours, though it takes only 20 minutes by plane to travel between them.

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The revision of Kiribati's time zone meant that the date line in effect moved eastwards to go around this country, so that the Line Islands, including the inhabited Kiritimati island, started the year 2000 on its territory before any other country on Earth, a feature the Kiribati government capitalized on as a ...

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