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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.
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).
Chuuk International Airport. Weno has the only airport in the state, Chuuk International Airport. The road system is not well established in some parts of the island. No public transportation exists, but visitors can use a small taxi to cruise around the island. [citation needed] There is one commercial shipyard for cargo ships and passenger ...
State Island Name Population [3]; 1994 2000 Chuuk State: Eot - 382 Ettal: 267 Fananu: 355 Fanapanges: 681 Fefen: 4,062 Fono 397 Houk: 451 Kutu: 873 Losap: 448 Lukunoch
Each state in the Federated States of Micronesia elects a senator to serve a four-year term. The ten senators with a two-year term are elected by one of the ten electoral districts distributed between the four states in proportion to the population: Chuuk State Chuuk First Electoral District: Mortlocks
Nama or Nema is an island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. [1] It is a 1.5 km long and 0.5 km wide island part of the Eastern Islands or Upper Mortlock Islands group, located about 60 km to the ESE of Chuuk and 13 km NW of Losap. [2] Nama is densely populated despite its small size.
Chuuk or Truk may refer to: Chuuk State, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia; Chuuk Lagoon, or Chuuk Atoll, a sheltered body of water and island group in the central Pacific; Chuuk International Airport, an airport located on Weno, in Chuuk State, Micronesia; Chuukese language, a language of the Austronesian language family
Location of the Faichuk Islands district in Chuuk Lagoon. The separatist movement in the Faichuk Islands is a political movement calling for autonomy and independence for the Faichuk Islands located in the state of Chuuk, in the Federated States of Micronesia, a federal country also made up of the states of Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap.