Pohnpei State

Pohnpei State is one of the four states of the . Its capital is . With an area of 346 miles, it is the largest state.
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  • Type: state of the Federated States of Micronesia with 34,500 residents
  • Description: state of the Federated States of Micronesia
  • Also known as: Pohnpei”, “State of Pohnpei”, “State of Ponape”, and “TTPI Ponape District

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pohnpei International Airport and Catholic Belltower.

Aerodrome
is an serving , . It is located on Deketik, an islet connected to Pohnpei Island by a causeway.

The is a historic tower at the Catholic Mission in , on the island of in the . The belltower and adjoining masonry apse are all that remain of a church built in 1909 by German and Spanish Capuchin missionaries, when Ponape and the other were administered as part of German New Guinea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kolonia.

Photo: Gargoylepni, Public domain.
is a city on the island of in the . The municipality of has a population of around 6,500 people, but it is the center of an urban area of approximately 13,000 people, including the nearby suburbs of Sokehs Island, Nett and Porakied village.

Pohnpei State

Latitude
6.964° or 6° 57′ 50″ north
Longitude
158.2056° or 158° 12′ 20″ east
Population
34,500
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
6RRWX674+H6
Geo­Names ID
2081550
Wiki­data ID
Q7771127
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Pohnpei State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ولاية بوهنبي
  • Basque: Pohnpei (estatua)
  • Basque: Pohnpei
  • Bengali: পোহেন্পি অঙ্গরাজ্য
  • Catalan: Pohnpei
  • Cebuano: State of Pohnpei
  • Chinese: Pohnpei Chiu
  • Chinese: 波納佩州
  • Chinese: 波纳佩州
  • Croatian: Pohnpei
  • Danish: Pohnpei State
  • Danish: Pohnpei
  • Dutch: Pohnpei
  • Finnish: Pohnpein osavaltio
  • French: État de Pohnpei
  • French: Pohnpei
  • Galician: Estado de Pohnpei
  • Georgian: პონპეი
  • German: Bundesstaat Pohnpei
  • German: Pohnpei
  • Greek: Ποχνπέι
  • Gujarati: પોહ્નપેઇ સ્ટેટ
  • Hebrew: מדינת פונפיי
  • Hebrew: פונפיי
  • Hindi: पोह्नपेइ राज्य
  • Hungarian: Pohnpei
  • Indonesian: Negara bagian Pohnpei
  • Indonesian: Pohnpei
  • Italian: Pohnpei
  • Italian: stato di Pohnpei
  • Japanese: ポンペイ州
  • Kannada: ಪೋನ್ಪೈ ರಾಜ್ಯ
  • Korean: 폰페이주
  • Latvian: Ponpeja
  • Latvian: Ponpejas štats
  • Lithuanian: Ponpėja
  • Lithuanian: Ponpėjaus valstija
  • Malay: Pohnpei State
  • Marathi: पोह्नपेई राज्य
  • Min Nan Chinese: Pohnpei Chiu
  • Moroccan Arabic: ويلاية پوهنپي
  • Northern Frisian: Pohnpei (Bundesstoot)
  • Northern Frisian: Pohnpei
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pohnpei state
  • Persian: ایالت پوناپی
  • Persian: ایالت پوهنپئی
  • Polish: Pohnpei
  • Portuguese: Pohnpei
  • Russian: Понпеи
  • Sinhala: පොන්පෙයි රාජ්‍යය
  • Sinhala: පොන්පේ ප්‍රාන්තය, මයික්‍රොනීසියා ෆෙඩරල් ජනපද
  • Slovenian: Pohnpei
  • Spanish: Bonabi
  • Spanish: Bonabí
  • Spanish: estado de Pohnpei
  • Spanish: Estado de Pohnpei
  • Spanish: Pohnpei
  • Spanish: Ponape
  • Spanish: Ponapé
  • Swedish: Pohnpei State
  • Tamil: போஹ்ண்பேய் மாநிலம்
  • Telugu: పోహెన్పీ రాష్ట్రం
  • Thai: เกาะโปนเป
  • Turkish: Pohnpei Eyaleti
  • Turkish: Pohnpei
  • Ukrainian: Понпеі
  • Ukrainian: Понпеї
  • Urdu: پوحنپیی اسٹیٹ
  • Vietnamese: Bang Pohnpei

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Kolonia Town and Pohnrakied Village.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include German Cemetery -1914 and Japanese Memorial Statue.

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