Information about Federated States Of Micronesia

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Federated States of Micronesia
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Motto
Peace Unity Liberty
Anthem
Patriots of Micronesia
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Location of Federated States of Micronesia
CapitalPalikir
655′N, 1589′E]
Largest cityWeno
Official languagesEnglish (national), Ulithian, Woleaian, Yapese, Pohnpeian, Kosraean, and Chuukese (at state or local level)
DemonymMicronesian
GovernmentConstitutional government1
 - PresidentManny Mori
Independencefrom US-administered UN Trusteeship 
 - Date3 November 1986 
 - Water (%)negligible
Population
 - July 2006 estimate108,500 (181st)
 - 2000 census107,000 
GDP (PPP)2002 estimate
 - Total$277 million2 (215th)
 - Per capita$2,000 (180th)
HDI (2003)n/a (unranked) (n/a)
CurrencyUnited States dollar (USD)
Time zone (UTC+10 and +11)
 - Summer (DST)not observed (UTC+10 and +11)
Internet TLD.fm
Calling code+691
1In free association with the United States.
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Patriots of Micronesia, also known as Across all Micronesia, is the national anthem of the Federated States of Micronesia. It was adopted in 1991, replacing Preamble, the anthem in use since independence in 1979.
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Palikir (IPA: [ˈpælɪkər]) is the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia since 1989, when it replaced Kolonia. It has a population of 4571. It is located on the island of Pohnpei.
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The Demographics of the Federated States of Micronesia refers to the population characteristics of people who inhabit the Federated States of Micronesia. The indigenous population of the Federated States of Micronesia, which is predominantly Micronesian, consists of various
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Weno is the largest city in the Federated States of Micronesia in the State of Chuuk. This city island located in the Western Central Pacific Ocean just north of the equator has its own airport, hotel accommodations, restaurants, and natural caves for divers.
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English}}} 
Writing system: Latin (English variant) 
Official status
Official language of: 53 countries
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: en
ISO 639-2: eng
ISO 639-3: eng  
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Ulithian is the name of the language spoken on Ulithi atoll and neighboring islands. Utlithian is one of the 6 official languages of the Federated States of Micronesia. There are some 3000 speakers, although only 700 of these live on Ulithi atoll.
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Woleaian is the main language of the island of Woleai and surrounding islands in the state of Yap of the Federated States of Micronesia. Woleaian is officially classified as a Trukic language, and within this family its closest relative is Satawalese, with which it is largely
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Yapese is a language spoken by 6,600 people on the island of Yap (Federated States of Micronesia).

It belongs to the Austronesian languages, more specifically to the Oceanic languages.
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Pohnpeian is a Micronesian language of the Ponapeic-Trukic subfamily. It is spoken on the island of Pohnpei.
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Kosraean, also sometimes called Kusaiean, is the language spoken on the islands of Kosrae (Kusaie), Caroline Islands, and Nauru. In 2001 there were approximately 8,000 speakers.

Further reading

  • Yi, K.-d. (1976). Kusaiean-English dictionary.

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Chuukese (also called Trukese) is a Trukic language of the Austronesian language family spoken primarily on the islands of Chuuk in the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. There are some speakers on Pohnpei and Guam as well.
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Micronesia (FSM)

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Politics of the Federated States of Micronesia


  • President
  • Manny Mori
  • Vice President
  • Alik L.

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Immanuel Mori

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Spouse Elina Ekiek


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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
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The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia (western Pacific) administered by the United States from July 18, 1947, comprising the former South Pacific Mandate, a League of Nations Mandate administered by Japan and
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Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI
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