Nukuoro

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Nukuoro is a remote Polynesian outlier atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia whose inhabitants speak a Polynesian language and maintain distinct Polynesian cultural traditions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nukuoro canonical 2
Nukuoroan 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Polynesian outlier
atoll
inhabited place
archipelago Caroline Islands
country Federated States of Micronesia
ethnoLinguisticGroup Polynesian
governedAs municipality of Pohnpei State
hasAccess by boat from Pohnpei
occasional ship service
hasAdministrativeCenter Nukuoro municipal office
hasArtForm shell ornament making
wood carving
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasCoordinateLatitude approximately 3.85°N
hasCoordinateLongitude approximately 154.95°E
hasCulturalPractice Polynesian dance
Polynesian navigation traditions
Polynesian tattooing
hasDemographicTrend outmigration to Pohnpei
outmigration to the United States
hasEconomicActivity copra production
fishing
subsistence agriculture
hasEducationFacility elementary school
hasHealthFacility dispensary
hasInhabitants Nukuoro people
hasLagoon Nukuoro Lagoon
hasLandArea less than 2 square kilometers
hasLanguage Nukuoro language
hasPopulation approximately 400
hasPrimaryCrops banana
breadfruit
coconut
taro
hasPrimaryTransportMode outboard motor boats
hasReef encircling coral reef
hasReligion Christianity
hasReligiousInstitution Christian church
hasSettlement Nukuoro Village
hasTimeZone UTC+11
hasTraditionalReligion Polynesian indigenous beliefs
isRemote true
languageFamily Polynesian languages
locatedIn Micronesia
Pacific Ocean
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia
surface form: Pohnpei State
maintainsCulturalTraditions Polynesian cultural traditions
usesWritingSystem Latin script for Nukuoro language

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Referenced by (3)

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

Nukuoro language hasAlternativeName Nukuoro
this entity surface form: Nukuoroan