the Federated States of Micronesia.org http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org Discover the beautiful islands of Micronesia Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:25:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Micronesia http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/micronesia/ http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/micronesia/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:34:26 +0000 admin http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/micronesia/ Micronesia is the stretch of small but picturesque tropical islands.

Loacted in the Pacific Ocean, it is inhabited by people with rich culture.

Located at about three-quarters of the way between Hawaii and Indonesia are the beautiful tropical islands of Micronesia. These tiny islands are situated 5,150 kilometers west-southwest of Honolulu in the North Pacific Ocean that spread over 3 million miles of the Pacific including over 2000 islands. The stretch of Micronesia from end to end is over 2,040 nautical miles.

The term Micronesia was primary proposed by Jules Dumont d’Urville to distinguish the region in 1831. Prior to this, the term Polynesia was in use to generally describe the islands of the Pacific.

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]]> http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/micronesia/feed/ How the Islands of Micronesia came to life http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/how-the-islands-of-micronesia-came-to-life/ http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/how-the-islands-of-micronesia-came-to-life/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:33:56 +0000 admin http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/how-the-islands-of-micronesia-came-to-life/ Volcanic activity millions of years ago resulted to the formation of the splendid islands of Micronesia.
Some came from the tips of high underwater mountains and the others from the atolls.

Yet others came from the rims of sunken volcanoes that peak just above the water, thus creating serene blue-water lagoons.

]]> http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/how-the-islands-of-micronesia-came-to-life/feed/ The territories of Micronesia http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/the-territories-of-micronesia/ http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/the-territories-of-micronesia/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:33:26 +0000 admin http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/the-territories-of-micronesia/ Politically, Micronesia is divided into eight nation-states and territories.

  • the Federated States of Micronesia, which consist of four states: Kosrae, Yap, Pohnpei, and Chuuk;
  • the Republic of the Marshall Islands;
  • the Republic of Palau;
  • the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands;
  • the Republic of Nauru;
  • the Republic of Kiribati;
  • the Territory of Guam;
  • the Territory of Wake Island.
]]> http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/the-territories-of-micronesia/feed/ Micronesian heritage and language http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/micronesian-heritage-and-language/ http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/micronesian-heritage-and-language/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:32:35 +0000 admin http://www.federatedstatesofmicronesia.org/2007/10/29/micronesian-heritage-and-language/ Micronesia is a pleasant mix of marvelous high islands covered with tropical jungles.

These tropical island paradises have beautiful coral atolls surrounding the picturesque blue-green lagoons.

Inhabitants are predominantly Christians. The inhabitants are mostly either Roman Catholics or Protestants; other churches include the Assembly of God, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh day Adventist, Latter-Day Saints, and the Baha’i faith.

The native languages of the Micronesian diversity are classified under the Austronesian language family. Almost all of these languages belong to the Oceanic subgroup of this family; however, three exceptions are noted in Western Micronesia, which belong to the Western Malayo-Polynesian subgroup: Chamorro and Tanapag in the Mariana Islands, Yapese in the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palauan in Palau.

This latter subgroup also includes the majority of the languages spoken today in the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

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