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Weno
Weno, formerly Moen, is an island municipality of Chuuk State of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). It is the largest town in the FSM. It has an estimated area of 20 square kilometers. Population The population was 13,856 at the census taken in 2010. Geography It is located in the Chuuk Lagoon. Its villages are in the northwest (Sapuk, Penia, Peniesene, Tunnuk, Mechitiw, Iras, Nepukos, Mwan, Neiwe, and Wichap, Epinup) and serve as the main center of commerce. Weno is the state capital and the second-most populous island of the FSM, with a population of 13,856 at the 2010 census. The highest point is Mount Teroken, elevation 364 m (1,214 ft). Transportation Weno has the only airport in the state, Chuuk International Airport. The road system is not well established in some parts of the island. No public transportation exists, but visitors can use a small taxi to cruise around the island. There is one commercial shipyard for cargo ships and passenger voya ... [...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] |
Weno
Weno, formerly Moen, is an island municipality of Chuuk State of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). It is the largest town in the FSM. It has an estimated area of 20 square kilometers. Population The population was 13,856 at the census taken in 2010. Geography It is located in the Chuuk Lagoon. Its villages are in the northwest (Sapuk, Penia, Peniesene, Tunnuk, Mechitiw, Iras, Nepukos, Mwan, Neiwe, and Wichap, Epinup) and serve as the main center of commerce. Weno is the state capital and the second-most populous island of the FSM, with a population of 13,856 at the 2010 census. The highest point is Mount Teroken, elevation 364 m (1,214 ft). Transportation Weno has the only airport in the state, Chuuk International Airport. The road system is not well established in some parts of the island. No public transportation exists, but visitors can use a small taxi to cruise around the island. There is one commercial shipyard for cargo ships and passenger voya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Truk Lagoon
Chuuk Lagoon, previously Truk Atoll, is an atoll in the central Pacific. It lies about northeast of New Guinea, and is part of Chuuk State within the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). A protective reef, around, encloses a natural harbour , with an area of . It has a land area of , with a population of 36,158 people and a maximal elevation of . Weno city on Moen Island functions as the atoll's capital and also as the state capital and is the largest city in the FSM with its 13,700 people. Chuuk Lagoon was the Empire of Japan's main naval base in the South Pacific theatre during World War II. It was the site of a major U.S. attack during Operation Hailstone in February 1944, and Operation Inmate, a small assault conducted by British and Canadian forces during June 1945. Name Chuuk means ''mountain'' in the Chuukese language. The lagoon was known mainly as Truk (a mispronunciation of Ruk), until 1990. Other names included Hogoleu, Torres, Ugulat, and Lugulus. Geogr ... [...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] |
Chuuk High School
Chuuk High School (CHS), formerly Truk High School, is a secondary school in Weno, Chuuk Lagoon, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia. It is a part of the Chuuk State Department of Education. Its original facility was built between the late 1960s to the middle of the 1970s, a period when several other public high schools were built in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. By 1970 a Korean construction company was building three buildings. It is at the foothill of Mount Tonachau, in the island's northwest. In 1995 it had about 1,200 students. At the time it required prospective students to take an admissions test as there were not enough resources to admit all prospective students. As of that year most of the students matriculated from Weno's junior high school. At the time it was Chuuk State's sole public high school.Patacsil, Peter E.Secondary and Postsecondary Math Education in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia" ERIC, 1995. p. 4/16. See also * Education in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuuk International Airport
Chuuk International Airport is an airport located on Weno (formerly Moen), the main island of the State of Chuuk (formerly Truk) in the Federated States of Micronesia. History Chuuk International Airport was originally built by Japan between November and December 1942. Back then it was known as Harushima Airfield to the Japanese or Moen Air Field 1. With around 80 support buildings including a large hangar and underground storage for fuel and ammunition, it was used by fighter, bomber and reconnaissance aircraft. Between October 4, 1944 and June 27, 1945, the airfield was attacked by USAAF aircraft. Airlines and destinations Like many islands within the region, commercial air service is rather limited. For many years the only service was the three-times-weekly Island Hopper flight between Guam and Honolulu operated by United Airlines, (formerly Continental Micronesia), plus another weekly flight between Guam and Pohnpei. In June 2015, Nauru Airlines resumed a once-weekly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuuk Department Of Education
Chuuk State Department of Education is an agency of Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia. It is headquartered in Nantaku, Weno, Chuuk Island. Retrieved on February 28, 2018. "Nantaku, Weno, Chuuk" Schools High schools:School location" Chuuk State Department of Education. Retrieved on February 28, 2018. * * * |
Outback Truckers
''Outback Truckers'' is an Australian factual television series which looks at the Australian road-transport industry. It focuses on selected drivers and interesting personalities and shows the problems tackled by some sectors. The show is filmed mostly across Australia, but also takes detour in New Zealand (seasons 3–5) and Weno, Micronesia (season 4). It originally screened on the Seven Network in 2012 and currently airs on 7mate. It has aired around the world on networks such as Quest TV (UK) and Discovery Europe. Season 8 is airing in Australia in May 2020. Cast * Amanda Kendall – Kendall Trucking & Co, Katanning, WA, oversize pilot (Season 2–5) * Athol Martin- Mactrans heavy haulage, WA, oversize (season 8) * Anthony Haigh – Murranji Water Drilling (Season 6, 7) * Anthony 'Hayesy' Hayes – Murranji Water Drilling (Season 6, 7) * Ashleigh Mackay – Mackay & Sons House Removals & Demolition, Narangba, Queensland (Season 6, 7) * Belinda Riehl (Season 3) * Bob Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuuk Women's Council
Chuuk Women's Council is a women's rights organization in Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Founded in 1984, it represents over sixty women's groups spread across the state, and actively campaigns for greater gender equality, as well as running programs that focus on health, education and environmental issues History Chuuk Women's Advisory Council was established in 1984, with the aim to educate and empower women in Chuuk State. In 1993 it formally registered as a non-governmental organization and changed its name to Chuuk Women's Council (CWC). A founding member was Shinobu M. Poll, who was a nurse at Chuuk State Hospital, and President of the CWC from 1997 to her death. Her daughter Christina Stinnett became CWC President in 2010. In addition to her leadership role, Poll donated land to the CWC, on which was built a new headquarters for the CWC, named the Shinobu M. Poll Memorial Center. Located in Nepukos, on Weno, additional funding for the cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Moen may refer to: People * Moen (surname), a list of people with the surname "Moen" Places Belgium *, a village in the municipality of Zwevegem in West Flanders Denmark *''Moen'', the anglicized spelling of Møn, an island in southeastern Denmark Micronesia *Weno (formerly ''Moen''), the main island of Chuuk and of the Truk Lagoon Norway *Moen, Agder, a village in Risør municipality in Agder county *Moen, Troms, a village in Målselv municipality in Troms og Finnmark county Other *Moen Incorporated Moen is an American product line of faucets and other fixtures started by inventor Alfred M. Moen that is now part of the Fortune Brands Home & Security company. The Moen subsidiary is headquartered in North Olmsted, Ohio. Moen was originally pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimiuo Aisek Memorial Museum
Kimiuo Aisek Memorial Museum is a museum in Chuuk State, in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is the first museum to be established on the island. Background The museum opened on 13 September 2014 and is located next to the Blue Lagoon Dive Shop in Neauno village, Weno. It is named after Kimiuo Aisek, a diving entrepreneur, who opened the first dive shop in Chuuk. Collections and research The museum's collection focuses on artifacts relating to the Second World War, many of which have been recovered by divers exploring wreck sites. Chuuk Lagoon was the Empire of Japan's main base in the South Pacific. On 17 February 1944, US Forces launched Operation Hailstone which destroyed Japanese merchant ships, light naval cruisers and 265 aircraft. The legacy of the attack made "Truk lagoon the biggest graveyard of ships in the world". It was witnessed by Kimiuo Aisek when he was young. The museum displays the bell recovered from the ship ''Sapporo Maru.'' Shell casings and prop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xavier High School
A multitude of schools and universities have been named after St. Francis Xavier, a Spanish Roman Catholic saint and co-founder of the Society of Jesus. This page lists notable educational institutions named after St. Xavier, arranged by country and region. Many of these schools are run by the Jesuit order, while some are operated by the Xaverian Brothers and various dioceses. Australia Australian Capital Territory * St. Francis Xavier College, Canberra Queensland * St Francis Xavier Primary School, Gold Coast New South Wales * St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton * Xavier High School, Albury * Xavier Catholic College, Skennars Head, Ballina * Xavier Catholic College, Llandilo, Penrith South Australia * Xavier College, Adelaide, Gawler Belt Victoria * Xavier College, Kew, Melbourne * St. Francis Xavier College, Beaconsfield, Berwick, Officer Bangladesh * St Francis Xavier's Green Herald International School, Mohammadpur, Dhaka Belgium * Collège Saint-François-Xav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
