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Micronesia

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A subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific comprising roughly 2,000 small islands across four main archipelagos, the Caroline, Gilbert, Mariana and Marshall Islands, along with Nauru and Wake Island. Political control is split among five sovereign states, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau, and territories including Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. Alongside Melanesia and Polynesia it completes the classical three-way division of Pacific Oceania, distinguished from the other two by a wide oceanic spread over a comparatively small total land area. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Region Type
Cultural Region 1
Region Type
Cultural Region 1
Region Type
Maritime Grouping 1
Region Type
Maritime Grouping 1
Area (sq km)
2700 1
Population
534,606 1
2021 figure.
FAQs

Is Micronesia the same thing as the Federated States of Micronesia?

No: Micronesia is a Pacific island region, and the Federated States of Micronesia is one of the countries within it.

No. Micronesia is a subregion of Oceania made up of many small islands in the western Pacific, while the Federated States of Micronesia is a single sovereign country inside that region. The United Nations M49 geoscheme lists the Federated States of Micronesia as one of the members of its Micronesia group, together with Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau as sovereign states, and with Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands among the territories. The shared name is why the two are often mixed up.
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Federated States of Micronesia, Countries
Source Federated States of Micronesia (Wikipedia)
Federated States of Micronesia, Countries
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Kiribati, Countries

Spans the Micronesia sub-region (the Gilbert Islands and Banaba).

Source Kiribati (Wikipedia)
Kiribati, Countries
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Marshall Islands, Countries
Source Marshall Islands (Wikipedia)
Marshall Islands, Countries
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Nauru, Countries
Source Nauru (Wikipedia)
Nauru, Countries
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
Oceania, Regions
Source Micronesia (Wikipedia)
Palau, Countries
Source Palau (Wikipedia)
Palau, Countries
Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)

Shaped By

Subduction, Physical Processes
Source Micronesia (Wikipedia)
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Found There

Pacific Ocean

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Central-Eastern Oceanic languages

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Chuukic-Pohnpeic languages

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Ellicean languages

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Micronesian

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Oceanic

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Source Oceanic languages, WikipediaLead sentence 1
Quote, Lead sentence 1
The Oceanic languages are a branch of the Austronesian languages comprising some 450 languages spoken in Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia.
Polynesian

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Source Polynesian languages - WikipediaLead sentence 3
Quote, Lead sentence 3
While half of them are spoken in geographical Polynesia (the Polynesian triangle), the other half – known as Polynesian outliers – are spoken in other parts of the Pacific: from Micronesia to atolls scattered in Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands or Vanuatu.
Samoic languages

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Source Samoic languages, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The Samoic languages are a purported group of the Polynesian languages spoken in Samoa, Tuvalu, American Samoa, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and the Federated States of Micronesia.
Sarmi-Jayapura languages

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Tiger Cowrie (Cypraea tigris)

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Upside-down Jellyfish

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Sources
1. Micronesia (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Geography section
    Micronesia is a region in Oceania that includes approximately 2100 islands, with a total land area of 2,700 km2 (1,000 sq mi), the largest of which is Guam, which covers 582 km2 (225 sq mi).
  • Infobox
    Kiribati (partially), Nauru, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau
  • Lead section
    It includes four main archipelagos-the Caroline Islands, the Gilbert Islands, the Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands - as well as numerous islands that are not part of any archipelago.
  • Introduction
    It includes four main archipelagos-the Caroline Islands, the Gilbert Islands, the Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands, as well as numerous islands that are not part of any archipelago.
  • Introduction (2)
    Micronesia (UK: , US: ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of approximately 2,000 small islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.
  • On Continent: Australia
  • Associated With: Oceania
  • Shaped By: Subduction, Formation statement for target 287644
    The island chain rose as a result of the western edge of the Pacific Plate moving westward and plunging downward below the Mariana plate, a region that is the most volcanically active convergent plate boundary on Earth.
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Wikidata: Micronesia
Wikidata Q3359409, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics Division
  • Associated With: Kiribati, Oceania subregions, Micronesia list
    Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Naoero, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Associated With: Marshall Islands, Oceania subregions, Micronesia list
    Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Naoero, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Associated With: Federated States of Micronesia, Oceania subregions, Micronesia list
    Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Naoero, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Associated With: Nauru, Oceania subregions, Micronesia list
    Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Naoero, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Associated With: Palau, Oceania subregions, Micronesia list
    Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Naoero, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, United States Minor Outlying Islands
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