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  2. List of islands in the Pacific Ocean - Wikipedia

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    The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.

  3. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in Oceania

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    English: Pitcairn Islands — Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen: Adamstown [22] [24] 48 [30] 47 km 2 (18 sq mi) South Papua South Papua Province Province of Indonesia: Indonesian: Papua Selatan: Merauke Regency: 517,623 [32] 127,280.69 km 2 (49,143 sq mi) Southwest Papua Southwest Papua Province Province of ...

  4. Category:Capitals in Oceania - Wikipedia

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    Afrikaans; Alemannisch; Anarâškielâ; Ænglisc; العربية; Aragonés; Azərbaycanca; Basa Bali; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская ...

  5. Oceania - Wikipedia

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    The Pacific Islands Handbook (1945), by Robert William Robson, stated that, "Pacific Islands generally are regarded as Pacific islands lying within the tropics. There are a considerable number of Pacific Islands outside the tropics. Most of them have little economic or political importance."

  6. List of cities in Oceania by population - Wikipedia

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    City Country Urban area Notes Image Sydney Australia 5,361,466 Estimated resident population, June 2021 [1]: Melbourne Australia 5,096,298 Estimated resident population, June 2021 [1]

  7. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    Saipan [2] (/ s aɪ ˈ p æ n /) is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 estimates by the United States Census Bureau, the population of Saipan was 43,385. [3] Its people have been United States citizens since the 1980s.

  8. Palau - Wikipedia

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    Palau, [a] officially the Republic of Palau, [b] [7] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean.The republic consists of approximately 340 islands and connects the western chain of the Caroline Islands with parts of the Federated States of Micronesia.

  9. Polynesia - Wikipedia

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    Generally, each island maintained a guild of navigators who had very high status; in times of famine or difficulty these navigators could trade for aid or evacuate people to neighboring islands. On his first voyage of Pacific exploration Cook had the services of a Polynesian navigator, Tupaia, who drew a hand-drawn chart of the islands within ...