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CNMI Saipan is the largest island and site of the capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, (a chain of 14 tropical islands in the western Pacific Ocean) with a total area of 120 km² (46.5 sq mi). The 2000 estimated population was 62,392.read more... |
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GUAM The Territory of Guam (Guåhån in Chamorro) is an island in the Western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated territory of the United States. Its inhabitants are largely Chamorros, who first populated the island approximately 3,500 years ago. read more... |
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PALAU The Republic of Palau is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 kilometres east of the Philippines. Having emerged from United Nations trusteeship (administered by the United States of America) in 1994, it is one of the world's youngest and smallest nations. It is sometimes referred to in English under its native name Belau. read more... |
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YAP Yap is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, the westernmost state of the Federated States of Micronesia. The "island" of Yap actually consists of four continental islands very close together and joined within a common coral reef and entirely formed from an uplift of the Eurasian plate. read more... |
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MARSHALL IS. The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island. read more... |
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KOSRAE Kosrae (pronounced "ko SHRIGH"), also known as Kusaie, is an island in Micronesia. It is a state of the Federated States of Micronesia with a population of 7,700 and a part of the Caroline Islands. The land area is 110 km², and population 7 317 (1994 census). The state is subdivided into four municipalities read more... |
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CHUUK Chuuk is an island group that comprises one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), along with Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap. It lies in the Western Pacific Ocean approximately 1000 kilometres southeast of Guam. Chuuk means mountain in the Chuukese language and was known mainly by its German mispronunciation, Truk, until 1990. read more... |
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POHNPEI Pohnpei (also spelled Ponape and earlier Bonabee) is one of the islands in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), and is one of the Senyavin Islands. The FSM's capital Palikir is located on Pohnpei. read more... |
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KIRIBATI The Republic of Kiribati ['kiri:bæs] is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. The country's 33 atolls are scattered over 1,351,000 square miles (3,500,000 km²) near the equator. Its name is pronounced /kiribas/ and is a Kiribati language rendering of "Gilberts", the English name for the main group of islands: the former Gilbert Islands. read more... |
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NAURU The Republic of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island republic in the South Pacific Ocean. It is the world's third smallest independent country both in terms of population and land area. It is also the smallest non-European country (in terms of land area), and it is the only nation in the world with no official capital. read more... |
