Yap

Yap traditionally refers to an island group located in the of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of . The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to within the , inclusive of the Yap Main Islands and its various outer islands, the Yap Neighboring Islands.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island group in the Federated States of Micronesia
  • Also known as: Arricifes Carolina”, “BEQUEST WW2”, “Eap”, “Guap”, “Island of Stone Money”, “VOCALIST WW2”, “Waqab”, “Yap Atoll”, “Yap Group”, “Yapa”, and “Yappu-tō

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is an urban area between the municipalities of and which serves as the capital of , one of the states in the . is situated 3½ km southeast of Yap.

Yap

Latitude
9.538° or 9° 32′ 17″ north
Longitude
138.098° or 138° 5′ 53″ east
Population
7,390
Elevation
173 metres (568 feet)
Open location code
6QXWG3QX+56
Geo­Names ID
1558582
Wiki­data ID
Q209638
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yap” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ياب
  • Asturian: Islles Yap
  • Asturian: Wa’ab
  • Asturian: Waqab
  • Asturian: Yap
  • Basque: Yap
  • Belarusian: Астравы Яп
  • Belarusian: Яп
  • Bengali: ইয়াপ
  • Bulgarian: Яп
  • Catalan: Yap
  • Cebuano: Yap Islands
  • Chinese: 雅浦
  • Chinese: 雅浦島
  • Chinese: 雅蒲
  • Chinese: 雅蒲岛
  • Chinese: 雅蒲島
  • Czech: Yap
  • Danish: Yap
  • Dutch: Yap
  • Esperanto: Yap
  • Estonian: Yap
  • Estonian: Yapi saar
  • Finnish: Yap
  • French: Îles Yap
  • French: Yap
  • Galician: Yap
  • Georgian: იაპის კუნძულები
  • German: Yap-Inseln
  • German: Yap
  • German: Jap-Inseln” (historical)
  • Greek: Γιαπ
  • Gujarati: યૅપ
  • Hebrew: יאפ
  • Hindi: याप द्वीप
  • Hindi: याप
  • Hungarian: Yap
  • Indonesian: Pulau Yap
  • Italian: Yap
  • Japanese: ヤップ島
  • Kabardian: Яп
  • Kannada: ಯಾಪ್
  • Korean: 야프 제도
  • Korean: 야프섬
  • Korean: 야프제도
  • Latvian: Japa
  • Lithuanian: Japas
  • Lithuanian: Japo sala
  • Macedonian: Јап
  • Malay: Kepulauan Yap
  • Malay: Yap
  • Marathi: यॅप
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yap
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yapøyene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Yap
  • Norwegian: Yap
  • Occitan (post 1500): Iap
  • Occitan (post 1500): Yap
  • Persian: یاپ
  • Polish: Jap
  • Polish: Yap
  • Portuguese: Yap
  • Romanian: Yap
  • Russian: Яп
  • Serbian: Јап
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jap
  • Sinhala: යප්
  • Slovenian: Yap
  • Spanish: Wa’ab
  • Spanish: Yap
  • Swedish: Yap
  • Swedish: Yapöarna
  • Tamil: யாப்
  • Telugu: యాప్
  • Thai: แยป
  • Turkish: Waqab
  • Turkish: Yap Adası
  • Turkish: Yap, Mikronezya
  • Turkish: Yap
  • Ukrainian: Яп
  • Urdu: یاپ
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Yap
  • Vietnamese: Yap
  • Yue Chinese: 雅蒲島

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