Micronesia

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cultural region geographical region subregion of Oceania

Micronesia is a region in the western Pacific Ocean comprising thousands of small islands and atolls, known for its diverse indigenous cultures and strategic geopolitical location.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Eastern Micronesia 1
Micronesia region 1

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
subregion of Oceania ⓘ
borderedBy Melanesia ⓘ
Polynesia ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
hasColonialHistoryWith Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasEconomicActivity copra production ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalIssue climate change impacts ⓘ
sea level rise vulnerability ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Carolinian ⓘ
surface form: Carolinian people

Chamorro people ⓘ
Micronesians ⓘ
surface form: Chuukese people

Kiribati people ⓘ
Kosraean people ⓘ
Micronesians ⓘ
surface form: Marshallese people

Micronesians ⓘ
surface form: Micronesian peoples

Micronesians ⓘ
surface form: Nauruan people

Micronesians ⓘ
surface form: Palauan people

Micronesians ⓘ
surface form: Pohnpeian people

Yapese people ⓘ
hasFeature coral atolls ⓘ
low-lying islands ⓘ
volcanic high islands ⓘ
hasLanguage Chamorro ⓘ
surface form: Chamorro language

Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ
surface form: Chuukese language

Kiribati language ⓘ
surface form: Gilbertese language

Kosraean language ⓘ
Marshallese language group ⓘ
surface form: Marshallese language

Palauan ⓘ
surface form: Palauan language

Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ
surface form: Pohnpeian language

Yapese ⓘ
surface form: Yapese language
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
hasPart Caroline Islands ⓘ
Chuuk State ⓘ
surface form: Chuuk Islands

Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Gilbert Islands ⓘ
Gilbert Islands ⓘ
surface form: Kiribati (Gilbert Islands part)

Kosrae State ⓘ
surface form: Kosrae Island

Mariana Island Arc ⓘ
surface form: Mariana Islands

Marshall Islands ⓘ
Nauru ⓘ
surface form: Nauru Island

Palau ⓘ
surface form: Palau Islands

Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
surface form: Pohnpei Island

Nauru ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Nauru

Palau ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Palau

Marshall Islands ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands

Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Guam ⓘ
surface form: U.S. territory of Guam

Wake Island ⓘ
Yap Islands ⓘ
hasReligion Christianity ⓘ
indigenous belief systems ⓘ
knownFor diverse indigenous cultures ⓘ
strategic geopolitical location ⓘ
thousands of small islands and atolls ⓘ
locatedIn western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Oceania ⓘ
Pacific Islands ⓘ
strategicFor Pacific shipping routes ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: United States military

air and naval operations in the Pacific ⓘ
timeZone UTC+10 ⓘ
UTC+11 ⓘ
UTC+12 ⓘ

Referenced by (83)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saipan → partOf → Micronesia ⓘ
Tinian → partOf → Micronesia ⓘ
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Micronesia ⓘ
Ailuk Atoll → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Anatahan → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Betio → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Carolinean languages → region → Micronesia ⓘ
ChST → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Chamorro → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Chamorro people → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Gilbertese language group → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Jellyfish Lake → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Kiribati language → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Koror → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Kosraean people → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Nauruan → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Ngerulmud → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Omelek Island → region → Micronesia ⓘ
PGUA → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Palauan → region → Micronesia ⓘ
RMI → region → Micronesia ⓘ
subject surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
Supreme Court of Guam → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Yapese → region → Micronesia ⓘ
Carolinean languages → spokenIn → Micronesia ⓘ
Kosraean language → spokenIn → Micronesia ⓘ
FSM → subregion → Micronesia ⓘ
MH → subregion → Micronesia ⓘ