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The Yap Monarch, the State Bird of Yap. 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 ...
Map of present-day Yap State, including the islands and atolls that made up the former Yapese Empire. The Empire covered over 1,300 kilometres of the north-western Pacific and included a vast number of island groups and low-lying coral atolls. The territory consists of both ruling and constituent islands, and they are indicated below. [4]
Section 2 was modified by a constitutional amendment adopted by Yap State voters on November 7, 2006 and certified by the Yap State Election Commissioner on November 24, 2006. The amendment was defined in proposed law no. 2004-38, D1 of the 2004 Yap Constitutional Convention. The added portion is underlined. Section 1.
Upon graduation, Urusemal accepted a position with the Jackson County, Missouri, government, including the county Department of Corrections until he returned to Micronesia in 1982. Following his return to Micronesia, Urusemal became a teacher and guidance counselor for the Outer Islands High School on his native Yap.
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 ]
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 Yap State, within the Federated States of Micronesia. Each of the Constitutions of the Federated States of Micronesia, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae, and even some of the Constitutions of municipalities such as Lukunor and Namoluk in the Chuuk State, recognize and protect to varying degrees the role and legal legitimacy of customs and traditions. [1]
Image Name Inaugurated Left Office Lieutenant Governor John Mangefel [1] [2]: 8 January 1979 12 January 1987 Hilary Tacheliol [3]: Petrus Tun: 12 January 1987 9 January 1995