Kapingamarangi

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Kapingamarangi is a remote Micronesian atoll whose people and culture are classified as Polynesian outliers despite its location outside the main Polynesian Triangle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kapingamarangi canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian outlier
atoll
inhabited place
archipelago Caroline Islands
area "about 1.1 km² of land"
capitalOfAtoll Welua
category Atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia
Polynesian outliers
Populated places in Pohnpei State
climate tropical rainforest climate
country Federated States of Micronesia
distanceFromEquator "just north of the equator"
ethnoCulturalClassification Polynesian outlier
ethnoCulturalRegion Polynesia
governingBody Pohnpei State Government
hasAlternateName Kapingamarangi Atoll
Kapingamarangi Islands
hasCrop breadfruit
coconut
pandanus
taro
hasCulturalTrait Polynesian kinship system
Polynesian material culture
Polynesian-style navigation traditions
hasDemographicCharacteristic Polynesian majority population
hasEconomicActivity fishing
subsistence agriculture
hasEthnicGroup Kapingamarangi people
hasLanguage Kapingamarangi language
hasReligion Christianity
hasSettlement Welua
lagoonArea "about 74 km²"
languageFamily Austronesian languages
Polynesian languages
locatedIn Federated States of Micronesia
Micronesia
Pacific Ocean
numberOfIslets "30+"
oceanRegion western Pacific Ocean
outsideOf Polynesian Triangle
partOf Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
surface form: Pohnpei State
population "~500"
populationYear "early 21st century"
sovereignState Federated States of Micronesia
timeZone UTC+11

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Polynesian outliers hasExample Kapingamarangi
Kapingamarangi language alternateName Kapingamarangi