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Pohnpei is a central location in South Sea Adventure (1952), the second of Willard Price's Young Adult Adventure Series books featuring Hal and Roger Hunt. [citation needed] [25] Pohnpei, or "Ponape" as it is spelled, is stated as the home island of "Mike" on the popular blog Dunce Upon A Time, authored by BC Woods. [26]
Pohnpei State (/ ˈ p ɔː n p eɪ /) is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Its capital is Kolonia . With an area of 346 miles (557 kilometres), it is the largest state.
On 8 January 2021, Micronesia reported its first case, that of a crew member on board the MV Chief Mailo near Pohnpei, in managed isolation. [1] [12]By the end of the month, the case was deemed to be negative and historical after subsequent antibody and antigen tests. [13]
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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).
Today, 37 Nukuoro sculptures are housed in museums and private collections around the globe, with many of the statues located in German and Hawai'ian museums. [7] At least nine of these sculptures were collected by Johann Stanislaus Kubary , a Polish naturalist and ethnographer who visited the atoll in 1873 and 1877 as a collector for the ...
Kapingamarangi is an atoll and a municipality in the state of Pohnpei of the Federated States of Micronesia.It is by far the most southerly atoll or island of the country and the Caroline Islands, 300 km (190 mi) south of the next southerly atoll, Nukuoro, and 740 km (460 mi) southwest of the main island of Pohnpei state; it forms a Polynesian outlier.
Panuelo speaks with U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo in Kolonia, Federated States of Micronesia on August 5, 2019.. Though the US provides for Micronesia's defense and security, and provides "a substantial percentage of the FSM national and state governments’ budget expenditures" in the form of annual economic assistance, President Panuelo has been outspoken in his support for China.