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unusual facts about Federated States of Micronesia



Andon Amaraich

The Honorable Andon L. Amaraich (born August 24, 1932 on the island of Ta, Mortlock Islands, in what is now Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, died January 26, 2010 in Honolulu, Hawaii) was a Micronesian public servant, politician, diplomat and judge.

Aquaculture of sea sponges

Bath sponges are currently being produced using the sponge Coscinoderma matthewsi with production of about 12,000 sponges, sold locally to residents and tourists in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.

Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

A case which involved countries far apart on the globe was raised by Micronesia, which claimed that the Czech coal-fired plant at Prunerov was significantly affecting its climate due to global warming.

Emelihter Kihleng

Emelihter Kihleng is a Micronesian (and more specifically Pohnpeian) poet.

Gregorio Sablan

At the age of eleven, Sablan began boarding at Xavier High School, a Jesuit school in Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia, then administered by the United States.

Iris Falcam

Falcam served as the First Lady of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1999 to 2003 during the tenure of her husband, former President Leo Falcam.

Meteorological history of Typhoon Durian

The origin of Typhoon Durian can be traced to a tropical disturbance that developed near Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia on November 23.

Nancy L. Ward

Prior to her selection by Paulison, Ward served as the FEMA regional director for region IX (which serves AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV, CNMI, RMI, FSM and American Samoa).

Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Instead it focused on two demands: the inclusion of their racial equality proposal in the League's Covenant and Japanese territorial claims with respect to former German colonies, namely Shantung (including Kiaochow) and the Pacific islands north of the Equator (the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, the Mariana Islands, and the Carolines).

Vehicle registration plates of the Federated States of Micronesia

The designs of the plates vary by state, with Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap each issuing their own plates.

Zika virus

The first outbreak of the disease outside of Africa and Asia was in April 2007, on the island of Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia.


see also

Chuuk

Chuuk State, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia

Fais

Fais Island, one of the outer islands of the State of Yap part of the Federated States of Micronesia

Malem

Malem, Kosrae, a municipality in the state of Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia

PTSA

Kosrae International Airport, an airport serving Kosrae, the easternmost state of the Federated States of Micronesia by ICAO code