Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

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United Nations trust territory former political entity

The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was a United Nations–mandated territory administered by the United States after World War II, encompassing several Micronesian island groups that later became independent nations and U.S.-associated states.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands canonical	47
United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands	3
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (historical)	2
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands government	2
United States (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)	2
Pacific Islands Trust Territory	1
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (historically)	1
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands District of Palau	1
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands District of Ponape	1
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands District of Truk	1
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands District of Yap	1
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands District of the Marshall Islands	1
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands District of the Northern Mariana Islands	1
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands administration	1
United States (as part of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)	1
United States Department of the Interior trust territory	1
United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands	1
former United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations trust territory ⓘ former political entity ⓘ
administeredAs	Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States Department of the Interior trust territory United Nations Trust Territory ⓘ surface form: United States Navy trust territory (initially)
administeredBy	United States of America ⓘ
administeringAuthority	Office of Territories (U.S. Department of the Interior) ⓘ surface form: United States Department of the Interior Office of Territories
capital	Hagatna ⓘ surface form: Hagåtña Mojon̄ ⓘ Saipan ⓘ
coatOfArms	Seal of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
commonLanguage	Chamorro ⓘ Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ surface form: Chuukese Kosraean ⓘ Marshallese ⓘ Palauan ⓘ Chuukic–Pohnpeic languages ⓘ surface form: Pohnpeian Yapese ⓘ
compactOfFreeAssociationWith	Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ Palau ⓘ surface form: Republic of Palau Marshall Islands ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
containsTestSite	Bikini Atoll ⓘ Enewetak Atoll ⓘ
continent	Oceania ⓘ
createdBy	United Nations Security Council Resolution 21 ⓘ
currency	US dollar ⓘ surface form: United States dollar
demilitarized	no ⓘ
designatedAs	Strategic Trust Territory ⓘ
dissolutionReason	emergence of self-governing associated states and independent countries ⓘ
endDate	1994-12-22 ⓘ
flag	Flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
formerCapital	Hagatna ⓘ surface form: Hagåtña Mojon̄ ⓘ Saipan ⓘ
includes	Caroline Islands ⓘ Chuuk State ⓘ surface form: Chuuk Kosrae State ⓘ surface form: Kosrae Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ surface form: Mariana Islands (excluding Guam) Marshall Islands ⓘ Palau ⓘ Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ surface form: Pohnpei Yap Islands ⓘ surface form: Yap
legalStatus	United Nations trust territory under U.S. administration ⓘ
locatedIn	Micronesia ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
mandatedBy	United Nations ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
populationPeakApprox	200000 ⓘ
predecessor	Japanese South Pacific Mandate ⓘ surface form: Japanese South Seas Mandate
region	western Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: Western Pacific
religionMajority	Christianity ⓘ
startDate	1947-07-18 ⓘ
strategicArea	yes ⓘ
successor	Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ Palau ⓘ surface form: Republic of Palau Marshall Islands ⓘ surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
UNTrusteeshipTerminatedFor	Federated States of Micronesia in 1990 ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands in 1990 ⓘ Republic of Palau in 1994 ⓘ Republic of the Marshall Islands in 1990 ⓘ
usedFor	U.S. military bases ⓘ nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands ⓘ

Referenced by (69)

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

Federated States of Micronesia → formerPoliticalEntity → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Marshall Islands → formerStatus → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Palau → independenceFrom → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

UNTC → supervised → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council

UNTC → lastTrustTerritory → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council

Saipan → previouslyAdministeredBy → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

RMI → formerTrustTerritory → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands

United Nations Trust Territory → alsoKnownAs → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Bikini Atoll → formerAdministeredAs → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Enewetak Atoll → administeredAs → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Rongelap Atoll → administeredBy → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (historically)

Beluu er a Belau → previouslyPartOf → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Jaluit Atoll → wasUnderTrusteeshipOf → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)

Chuuk State → partOf → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Ailuk Atoll → formerAdministeredBy → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → administeredAs → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Department of the Interior trust territory

Ujae Atoll → isPartOf → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (historical)

Ujae Atoll → previousAdministeredBy → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States (as part of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)

Truk Lagoon → partOf → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Office of Territories (U.S. Department of the Interior) → administeredTerritory → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

South Seas Mandate → successor → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Covenant with the United States → relatedTo → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America → relatedTo → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Kolonia → formerAdministeredBy → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)

Jacob Nena → birthPlace → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Leo Falcam → countryOfBirth → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Joseph J. Urusemal → birthPlace → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Mandated Islands → successor → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Woleaian people → historicalInfluence → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Japanese South Pacific Mandate → successor → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

United Nations Trusteeship Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands → administeredTerritory → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

United Nations Trusteeship Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands → relatedTo → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Office of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → country → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Office of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → appliesToJurisdiction → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Office of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Office of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → partOf → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands administration

Mokilese people → colonialHistory → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Majuro Atoll → wasPartOf → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

Ujelang Atoll → administeredBy → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (historical)

Congress of Micronesia → country → Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ