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Yap (Yapese: Waqab, [1] sometimes written as Wa'ab, Waab or Waqaab) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within the Federated States of Micronesia , inclusive of the Yap Main Islands and its ...
The bird is native exclusively to the Yapanese Main Islands. Yap State is the westernmost state of the Micronesian Federation. Further eastwards in order are the states of Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae. It consists of the four main islands of Rumung, Maap, Gagil-Tamil, and Yap Proper (Marbaa') and 134 smaller islands southwest and east of Yap.
Antibiotics introduced after World War II caused a population explosion. [1] A 1994 census of Yap found that 48.1% of the people on Yap identified as Yapese. A 2000 census found that number changed to 49.1%. [4] A 2010 survey reported that 5.7% of the population of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) were Yapese. [5]
It administers both Yap proper and some 13 atolls and islands reaching to the east and south for some 800 kilometers (500 miles). The 2010 Census population was 3,126. [1] A Spanish Catholic mission was established in Colonia in 1885, during Yap's time as a colony of Spain. [2] Sunrise over Tomil Harbor in Colonia. Tamil Harbor is the main port ...
Map of the municipalities of Yap including Gilman. Gilman (Yapese: Gilimaan) is a village and municipality in the state of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia. [1] It lies on the south side of the Yap island. Six villages or hamlets are integrated there : Anoth, Gachlaw, Guror, Magchagil, Thabeth and Towoway. The population was 252 in 2010.
This is a list of islands in the world ordered by population, which includes all islands with more than 100,000 people. For comparison, continental landmasses are also shown, in italics. The population of the world's islands is over 730 million, approximately 9% of the world's total population.
Satawal is a solitary coral atoll of one island with about 500 people on just over 1 km 2 located in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Satawal is the easternmost island in the Yap island group and is located approximately 70 kilometers (43 mi) east of ...
Map of the municipalities of Yap including Gagil. Gagil (Yapese: Gagil, dialect Ggil) is a municipality in the state of Yap. [1] It forms part of Gagil-Tamil Island and covers the eastern side of the island. It has a population of roughly 400 people scattered in village groups.