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Weno island, Chuuk Jeep island, Chuuk State. To the west is Yap State. To the east are Pohnpei State and Kosrae State is further east. The main population center of Chuuk State is the Chuuk Lagoon, a large archipelago with mountainous islands surrounded by a string of islets on a barrier reef.
Island Name Population [3] 1994 2000 Chuuk State: Eot - 382 Ettal: 267 Fananu: 355 Fanapanges: ... Weno (Capital of Chuuk State) 13,802 Wonei 1,271 Total 53,319 ...
The Chuukese, previously spelled Trukese, are a Micronesian-speaking ethnic group indigenous to the island of Chuuk and its surrounding islands and atolls. They constitute almost 49% of the population of the Federated States of Micronesia, making them by far the largest ethnic group in the country.
The island of Pingelap is genetically notable for ... total population: 73.9 ... Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosraean (recognized at state level in Chuuk ...
Chuuk Lagoon is part of the larger Caroline Islands group. The area consists of eleven major islands (corresponding to the eleven municipalities of Truk lagoon, which are Tol, Udot, Fala-Beguets, Romanum, and Eot of Faichuk group, and Weno, Fefen, Dublon, Uman, Param, and Tsis of Nomoneas group) and 46 smaller ones within the lagoon, plus 41 on the fringing coral reef, and is known today as ...
The Federated States of Micronesia (/ ˌ m aɪ k r oʊ ˈ n iː ʒ ə / ⓘ; abbreviated FSM), or simply Micronesia, is an island country in Micronesia, a subregion of Oceania.The federation consists of four states—from west to east: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae—that span across the western Pacific just north of the equator, for a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,700 mi).
Tonoas Islands, subdivided into traditional districts. Tonoas (or Tonowas), also known by its Spanish name of Dublon, is an island in the Chuuk (formerly Truk) lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia. It has an area of 8.8 km 2 and the population was 3,514 at
1 Chuuk (Truk) Islands. 2 Kosrae. 3 Pohnpei. 4 Yap. 5 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of cities and towns in the Federated States of Micronesia. 1 ...