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Kutu (island)
Kutu is an island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a .... retrieved December 8, 2010 References Municipalities of Chuuk State Islands of Chuuk State {{Micronesia-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of The Federated States Of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia is a federation divided into four states, which are further divided into various cities and municipalities. States Cities *Palikir, Pohnpei State – ''National capital'' * Colonia, Yap State *Kolonia, Pohnpei State *Lelu, Kosrae, Lelu, Kosrae *Tol, Federated States of Micronesia, Tol, Chuuk State *Weno, Chuuk State Municipalities Chuuk State * Eot (island), Eot * Ettal (island), Ettal * Fala-Beguets * Fananu * Fefan * Kutu (island), Kutu * Losap * Lukunor * Magur (island), Magur *Moch, Chuuk, Moch * Weno, Moen * Murilo * Nama (island), Nama * Namoluk * Nomwin * Onari * Oneop * Ono, Chuuk, Ono * Param, Chuuk, Param * Pis-Losap * Pisaras * Pulap * Pulusuk * Poluwat, Puluwat * Romanum (island), Romanum * Ruo, Micronesia, Ruo * Satawan * Ta (island), Ta * Tamatam * Tol (island), Tol * Tonowas, Tonowas (Dublon) * Tsis * Udot (island), Udot * Ulul * Uman Island, Uman Kosrae * Lelu, Kosrae, Lelu * Malem, Kosrae, Malem * Tafunsak * Utwe, Ut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuuk State
Chuuk State (; also known as Truk) is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The other states are Kosrae State, Pohnpei State, and Yap State. It consists of several island groups: * Namoneas * Faichuuk * Hall Islands * Namonuito Atoll (Magur Islands) (northwest) * Pattiw (Western Islands) * Mortlock Islands Chuuk is the most populous state of the FSM with 50,000 inhabitants on . Chuuk Lagoon is where most people live. Weno Island in the lagoon functions as state capital and is FSM's biggest city. It is scheduled to possibly vote for independence as proposed. History Indigenous settlement Chuuk was first settled by Austronesians, believed to be from the Lapita culture of Island Melanesia. Archaeological evidence indicates that islands of Feefen and Wééné Islands had human settlements in the first and second century BC. Later evidence indicates that widespread human settlements appeared in Chuuk during the 14th century AD, as the Chuukese cul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federated States Of Micronesia
The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise around 607 islands (a combined land area of approximately ) that cover a longitudinal distance of almost just north of the equator. They lie northeast of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, south of Guam and the Marianas, west of Nauru and the Marshall Islands, east of Palau and the Philippines, about north of eastern Australia, 3,400 km (2,133 mi) southeast of Japan, and some southwest of the main islands of the Hawaiian Islands. While the FSM's total land area is quite small, the country's waters occupy more than of the Pacific Ocean, giving the country the 14th-largest exclusive economic zone in the world. The sovereign island nation's capital is Palikir, located on Pohnpei Island, while the largest city is Weno, located in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Chuuk State
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the governing body of a given municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district. The term is derived from French and Latin . The English word ''municipality'' derives from the Latin social contract (derived from a word meaning "duty holders"), referring to the Latin communities that supplied Rome with troops in exchange for their own incorporation into the Roman state (granting Roman citizenship to the inhabitants) while permitting the communities to retain their own local governments (a limited autonomy). A municipality can be any political jurisdiction, from a sovereign state such as the Principality of Monaco, to a small village such as West Hampton Dunes, New York. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
