Federated States of Micronesia

The Federated States of Micronesia is a country in the northwestern , composed of four major island groups just north of the equator.
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is an island of the which are part of the larger group. It belongs to , one of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia.

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, formerly known as Kusaie or Strong's Island, is an in the archipelago, and state within the Federated States of Micronesia.

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is an archaeological site adjacent to the eastern shore of the island of , now part of the district of Pohnpei state in the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean.

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State is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia. It consists of several island groups: Nomoneas, Faichuuk, the Hall Islands, , Pattiw, and the .

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State is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, located in the westernmost portion of the country. The state borders to the southwest, to the north, and to the east.

Federated States of Micronesia

Latitude of center
6.895° or 6° 53′ 42″ north
Longitude of center
158.225° or 158° 13′ 30″ east
Population
112,000
Area
702 km² (271 miles²)
Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)
Capital
Palikir
Currency
Dollar (USD)
Phone code
.fm
Internet domain
691
Abbreviation
“FSM”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424311244
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
2081918
Wiki­data ID
Q702
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Federated States of Micronesia” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: МАШ
  • Abkhazian: Микронезиа Афедеративтә Штатқәа
  • Abkhazian: Микронезиа
  • Achinese: Federasi Mikronesia
  • Achinese: Mikronesia
  • Afrikaans: Gefedereerde State van Mikronesië
  • Afrikaans: Mikronesië
  • Akan: Maekronehyia
  • Albanian: Federata Mikroneziane
  • Albanian: Mikronezi
  • Albanian: Shtetet Federative të Mikronezisë
  • Amharic: ሚክሮኔዢያ
  • Amharic: ማይክሮኔዥያ
  • Amharic: የማይክሮኔዥያ ተባባሪ ክፍላገሮች
  • Amis: Federated States of Micronesia
  • Amis: Micronesia
  • Arabic: الولايات المتحدة الميكرونيزية
  • Arabic: الولايات المتحدة الميكرونيسية
  • Arabic: مايكرونيزيا
  • Arabic: ميكرونيزيا
  • Arabic: ولايات ميكرونيسيا المتحدة
  • Aragonese: Estatos Federatos de Micronesia
  • Aragonese: Estaus Federaus de Micronesia
  • Armenian: Միկրոնեզիա
  • Armenian: Միկրոնեզիայի Դաշնային Նահանգներ
  • Arpitan: Micronèsie
  • Assamese: মাইক্ৰোনেচিয়া
  • Asturian: Estaos Federaos de Micronesia
  • Asturian: Micronesia
  • Azerbaijani: Mikroneziya Federativ Ştatları
  • Azerbaijani: Mikroneziya
  • Balinese: Negara Féderasi Mikronésia
  • Bambara: Mikironesi
  • Bashkir: Микронезия Федератив Штаттары
  • Basque: Mikronesia
  • Basque: Mikronesiako Estatu Federatuak
  • Belarusian: Мікранезія
  • Belarusian: Мікранэзія
  • Belarusian: Федэратыўныя Штаты Мікранезіі
  • Belarusian: Фэдэратыўныя Штаты Мікранэзіі
  • Bengali: মাইক্রোনেশিয়া যুক্তরাজ্য
  • Bengali: মাইক্রোনেশিয়া
  • Betawi: Mikronési
  • Bishnupriya: মাইক্রোনেশিয়া তিলপারাষ্ট্র
  • Bislama: Mikronesia
  • Bosnian: Mikronezija
  • Bosnian: Savezne Države Mikronezije
  • Breton: Mikronezia
  • Breton: Stadoù Kevreet Mikronezia
  • Bulgarian: Микронезия (държава)
  • Bulgarian: Микронезия, Обединени Щати
  • Bulgarian: Микронезия
  • Burmese: မိုက်ခရိုနီးရှားနိုင်ငံ
  • Burmese: မိုင်ခရိုနီရှား
  • Catalan: Estats Federats de Micronèsia
  • Catalan: Micronèsia
  • Cebuano: Micronesia
  • Cebuano: Pederadong Estados sa Micronesia
  • Central Bikol: Maykronisya
  • Central Kurdish: ویلایەتە فیدراڵییەکانی مایکرۆنیزیا
  • Chamorro: Micronesia
  • Chavacano: Federados Estados de Micronesia
  • Chechen: Микронезин Федеративан штаташ
  • Chechen: Микронезин Федеративни штаташ
  • Chechen: Хlоьттина долу Мехкаш Микронези
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏰᏟᏧᎾᎵᎪᎯᎾᎿᎹᎢᏉᏂᏏᏯ
  • Cheyenne: Micronesia
  • Chinese: Micronesia Liân-pang
  • Chinese: 密克罗尼西亚 / 密克羅尼西亞
  • Chinese: 密克罗尼西亚
  • Chinese: 密克罗尼西亚联邦
  • Chinese: 密克羅尼西亞聯邦
  • Chuvash: Микронези
  • Chuvash: Микронезин Федеративлă Штачĕсем
  • Cornish: Statys Kesunys Mikronesi
  • Corsican: Federazione di i Stati Micronesiani
  • Crimean Tatar: Mikroneziya
  • Croatian: Mikronezija
  • Croatian: Savezne Države Mikronezije
  • Czech: Federativní státy Mikronésie
  • Czech: Mikronésie
  • Dagbani: Micronesia
  • Danish: Mikronesien
  • Danish: Mikronesiens Forenede Stater
  • Dhivehi: މައިކްރޮނޭޝިއާ
  • Dimli (individual language): Dewletê Mikronezyayê Federali
  • Dotyali: माइक्रोनेसिया
  • Dotyali: सङ्घीकृत राज्य माइक्रोनेसिया
  • Dutch: Federale Staten van Micronesië
  • Dutch: FM
  • Dutch: FSM
  • Dutch: Micronesia
  • Dutch: Micronesië
  • Dzongkha: མའི་ཀྲོ་ནི་ཤི་ཡ
  • Eastern Mari: Микронезий
  • Egyptian Arabic: مايكرونيزيا
  • Esperanto: Federacio de Mikronezio
  • Esperanto: Federacio Mikronezio
  • Esperanto: FM
  • Esperanto: Mikronezio
  • Estonian: Mikroneesia Liiduriigid
  • Estonian: Mikroneesia
  • Ewe: Mikronesia nutome
  • Extremaduran: Estaus Federaus de Micronesia
  • Extremaduran: Estaus Federaus de Micronésia
  • Faroese: Mikronesiasamveldið
  • Fiji Hindi: Federated States of Micronesia
  • Finnish: Mikronesia
  • Finnish: Mikronesian federaatio
  • Finnish: Mikronesian liittovaltio
  • French: EFM
  • French: États fédérés de Micronésie
  • French: FM
  • French: les États fédérés de Micronésie
  • French: Micronésie
  • Friulian: Stâts Federâts di Micronesie
  • Fulah: Mikoronesii
  • Gagauz: Mikroneziya
  • Galician: Estados Federados de Micronesia
  • Galician: Micronesia
  • Ganda: Mikuronezya
  • Georgian: მიკრონეზია
  • Georgian: მიკრონეზიის ფედერაციული შტატები
  • German: Föderierte Staaten von Mikronesien
  • German: Mikronesien
  • Gilaki: ميکرؤنزي فدرال ٚ ايالتان
  • Goan Konkani: मायक्रोनेशियाची संघीय राज्ये
  • Greek: Μικρονησία
  • Greek: Ομόσπονδες Πολιτείες της Μικρονησίας
  • Guarani: Mikyonésia Retãvore Ñembyatypyrekuéra
  • Guarani: Tetãvorekuéra Ñembyatypyre Mikyonésiagua
  • Guianese Creole French: Léta fédéré di Mikronézi
  • Gujarati: ફેડરેટેડ સ્ટેટ્સ ઓફ માઇક્રોનેશિયા
  • Gujarati: માઇક્રોનેશિયા
  • Haitian: Mikwonezi
  • Hakka Chinese: Micronesia Lièn-pâng
  • Hausa: Mikroneziya
  • Hausa: Mikuronesiya
  • Hebrew: המדינות הפדרטיביות של מיקרונזיה
  • Hebrew: מיקרונזיה
  • Hindi: माइक्रोनेशिया के संघीकृत राज्य
  • Hindi: माइक्रोनेशिया
  • Hindi: संघीकृत राज्य माइक्रोनेशिया
  • Hungarian: Mikronézia
  • Hungarian: Mikronéziai Szövetségi Államok
  • Icelandic: Mikrónesía
  • Icelandic: Míkrónesía
  • Ido: Federata Stati di Mikronezia
  • Ido: Federita Stati Mikronezia
  • Igbo: Micronesia
  • Iloko: Pederado nga Es-estado ti Mikronesia
  • Inari Sami: Mikronesia littostaatâ
  • Inari Sami: Mikronesia
  • Indonesian: Federasi Mikronesia
  • Indonesian: Mikronesia
  • Interlingua: Micronesia
  • Interlingua: Statos Federate de Micronesia
  • Interlingue: Micronesia
  • Interlingue: States Federat de Micronesia
  • Irish: an Mhicrinéis
  • Irish: An Mhicrinéis
  • Irish: Stáit Chónaidhme na Micrinéise
  • Italian: Micronesia
  • Italian: Stati Federati di Micronesia
  • Jamaican Creole English: Fedarietid Stiet a Maikroniija
  • Japanese: ミクロネシア
  • Japanese: ミクロネシア連邦
  • Javanese: Féderasi Mikronésia
  • Javanese: Mikronesia
  • Javanese: Pèdherasi Mikronésia
  • Kalaallisut: Micronesia
  • Kalmyk: Микронезин Ниицәтә Орн Нутгуд
  • Kannada: ಮೈಕ್ರೊನೇಷ್ಯದ ಸಂಯುಕ್ತ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳು
  • Kannada: ಮೈಕ್ರೋನೇಶಿಯಾ
  • Kannada: ಮೈಕ್ರೋನೇಷ್ಯಾ
  • Kara-Kalpak: Mikroneziya Federativlik Shtatları
  • Karachay-Balkar: Микронезия
  • Karachay-Balkar: Микронезияны Федератив Штатлары
  • Karachay-Balkar: МФШ
  • Kazakh: Микронезия Федерациялық Штаттары
  • Kazakh: Микронезия
  • Khmer: មីក្រូណេស៊ី
  • Kikuyu: Mikronesia
  • Kinyarwanda: Mikoronesiya
  • Kirghiz: Микронезия Федеративдик Штаттары
  • Kirghiz: Микронезия
  • Korean: 미크로네시아 연방
  • Korean: 미크로네시아
  • Kotava: Mikronesia Galda
  • Kurdish: Dewletên Federal ên Mîkronezyayê
  • Kurdish: Mîkronezya
  • Ladin: Stac Federei de Micronesia
  • Ladino: Estados Federados de Mikronesia
  • Lao: ສະຫະພັນລັດໄມໂຄຣນີເຊຍ
  • Lao: ໄມໂຄຣນີເຊຍ
  • Latin: Civitates Foederatae Micronesiae
  • Latin: Foederatae Micronesiae Civitates
  • Latin: Micronesia
  • Latvian: Mikronēzija
  • Ligurian: Stâti Federæ da Micronesia
  • Ligurian: Stâti Federæ de Micronesia
  • Limburgan: Federaol Staote vaan Micronesië
  • Lingala: Mikronezi
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Statos Federada de Micronesia
  • Literary Chinese: 密克羅尼西亞聯邦
  • Lithuanian: Mikronezija
  • Lithuanian: Mikronezijos Federacinės Valstijos
  • Livvi: Mikronezii
  • Lombard: Statt Federaa de Micronesia
  • Low German: Mikronesien
  • Luba-Katanga: Mikronezi
  • Luxembourgish: Federéiert Staate vu Mikronesien
  • Luxembourgish: Mikronesien
  • Macedonian: Микронезија
  • Macedonian: Сојузни Држави на Микронезија
  • Malagasy: Mikrônezia
  • Malay: Micronesia
  • Malay: Mikronesia
  • Malay: Negeri Bersekutu Mikronesia
  • Malay: Persekutuan Mikronesia
  • Malayalam: ഫെഡറേറ്റഡ് സ്റ്റേറ്റ്സ് ഓഫ് മൈക്രോനേഷ്യ
  • Malayalam: മൈക്രോനേഷ്യ
  • Maltese: Mikroneżja
  • Maltese: Stati Federati tal-Mikroneżja
  • Manx: Steatyn Conastit y Vynneeys
  • Maori: Wehenga Whakaminenga o Maikoronīhia
  • Marathi: मायक्रोनेशिया संघराज्य
  • Marathi: मायक्रोनेशिया
  • Marathi: मायक्रोनेशियाची फेडरल राज्ये
  • Mazanderani: ایالات فدرال میکرونزی
  • Mazanderani: میکرونزی فدرال ایالات
  • Min Dong Chinese: Micronesia Lièng-băng
  • Min Nan Chinese: Micronesia Liân-pang-kok
  • Minangkabau: Federasi Mikronesia
  • Minangkabau: Mikronesia
  • Mongolian: Микронези
  • Mongolian: Микронезийн Холбооны Улс
  • Moroccan Arabic: ميكرونيزيا
  • Nauru: Eben Oning
  • Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí Tónteel Bikáaʼdi Kéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí
  • Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí Tónteel bikáaʼgi Kéyah Yázhí dah Ndaaʼeełgo Ałhidadiidzooígíí
  • Nepali: फेडरेटेड स्टेट्स अफ माइक्रोनेसिया
  • Nepali: माइक्रोनेसिया
  • Nepali: माइक्रोनेसियाको सङ्घीय राज्य
  • Newari: संघीय गनतन्त्र माईक्रोनेसिया
  • North Ndebele: Micronesia
  • Northern Frisian: Tupslööden Stooten faan Mikroneesien
  • Northern Sami: Mikronesia federašuvdna
  • Northern Sami: Mikronesia lihttostáhta
  • Northern Sami: Mikronesia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mikronesia
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Mikronesiaføderasjonen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mikronesia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Mikronesiaføderasjonen
  • Norwegian: Mikronesia
  • Norwegian: Mikronesiaføderasjonen
  • Occitan (post 1500): Estats federats de Micronesia
  • Occitan (post 1500): Micronesia
  • Oriya: ମାଇକ୍ରୋନେସିଆ
  • Ossetian: Микронезийы Федеративон Штаттæ
  • Pampanga: Federated States of Micronesia
  • Pampanga: Micronesia
  • Panjabi: ਮਾਇਕ੍ਰੋਨੇਸ਼ੀਆ
  • Panjabi: ਮਾਈਕ੍ਰੋਨੇਸ਼ੀਆ ਦੇ ਸੰਘੀ ਰਾਜ
  • Papiamento: Mikronesia
  • Persian: ایالات فدرال میکرونزی
  • Persian: میکرونزی
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Fedaraeted Staits o Mikronesya
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Fedaraeted Staits o‘ Mikronesya
  • Polish: Federalne Stany Mikronezji
  • Polish: Mikronezja
  • Portuguese: Estados Federados da Micronésia
  • Portuguese: Micronésia
  • Pushto: د میکرونزي فدرال ټاپوګان
  • Pushto: ميکرونزي فدرالي ايالات
  • Pushto: میکرونیزیا
  • Quechua: Micronesia
  • Quechua: Mikrunisya
  • Romanian: Micronezia
  • Romanian: Statele Federate ale Microneziei
  • Romansh: Micronesia
  • Rundi: Mikoroniziya
  • Russia Buriat: Микронези
  • Russia Buriat: Микронезиин Холбооной Улас
  • Russian: Микронезия (государство)
  • Russian: Микронезия
  • Russian: Федеративные Штаты Микронезии
  • Russian: ФШМ
  • Sakizaya: Micronesia
  • Samoan: Feterisitete o Micronisia
  • Samoan: Feterisitete o Mikoronisia
  • Samoan: Micronisia
  • Samogitian: Mikronezėjė
  • Sango: Mikronezïi
  • Sanskrit: मैक्रोनीशिया
  • Sardinian: Istados Federados de Micronèsia
  • Scots: Federatit States o Micronesie
  • Scots: Micronesie
  • Scottish Gaelic: Na Meanbh Eileanan
  • Scottish Gaelic: Na Meanbh-eileanan
  • Serbian: FSM
  • Serbian: Микронезија
  • Serbian: Савезне Државе Микронезије
  • Serbo-Croatian: Federalne Države Mikronezije
  • Serbo-Croatian: Mikronezija
  • Serbo-Croatian: Savezne Države Mikronezije
  • Shan: မိူင်းၾႅတ်ႇတရႄႇ မၢႆႇၶရူဝ်ႇၼေးသျႃး
  • Shan: မိူင်းႁူမ်ႈတုမ် မၢႆႇၶရူဝ်ႇၼေးသျႃး
  • Shona: Federated States of Micronesia
  • Shona: Micronesia
  • Sicilian: Stati Fidirati di Micronesia
  • Sindhi: مائڪرونيشيا جون فيڊريٽيڊ اسٽيٽس
  • Sindhi: مائڪرونيشيا
  • Sinhala: මයික්‍රොනීසියා ඒකාබද්ධ ජනපදය
  • Sinhala: මයික්‍රොනීසියා ගිවිසුම් ජනපද
  • Sinhala: මයික්‍රොනීසියාව
  • Skolt Sami: Mikronesia federaatio
  • Skolt Sami: Mikronesia lettvaldia
  • Skolt Sami: Mikronesia
  • Slovak: Mikronézia
  • Slovak: Mikronézske federatívne štáty
  • Slovenian: Federativne države Mikronezije
  • Slovenian: Mikronezija
  • Slovenian: Združene države Mikronezije
  • Somali: Mikroneesiya
  • South Azerbaijani: میکرونئزیا فدراتیو ایالتلری
  • Spanish: Estados Federados de Micronesia
  • Spanish: Micronesia
  • Sundanese: Féderasi Mikronésia
  • Swahili: Mikronesia
  • Swahili: Shirikisho la Mikronesia
  • Swedish: Mikronesien
  • Swedish: Mikronesiens federerade stater
  • Swedish: Mikronesiska federationen
  • Swiss German: Die Föderierte Staate vo Mikronesie
  • Tagalog: Estados Pederados ng Mikronesya
  • Tagalog: Federated States of Micronesia
  • Tagalog: Mga Estadong Pederado ng Mikronesya
  • Tagalog: Micronesia
  • Tahitian: Mitoronetia
  • Tajik: Микронезия
  • Tajik: Штатҳои Федеративии Микронезия
  • Tamil: மைக்குரோனீசியக் கூட்டு நாடுகள்
  • Tamil: மைக்குரோனீசியா
  • Tamil: மைக்ரோனேஷியா
  • Taroko: Micronesia
  • Tatar: Микронезия Федератив Штатлары
  • Tatar: Микронезия
  • Telugu: మైక్రోనేషియా సార్వభౌమ రాష్ట్రాలు
  • Telugu: మైక్రోనేషియా
  • Thai: ประเทศไมโครนีเชีย
  • Thai: ประเทศไมโครนีเซีย
  • Thai: ไมโครนีเซีย
  • Tibetan: མའི་ཀོ་རོ་ནེ་ཤི་ཡ།
  • Tibetan: སླི་ཁེ་རི་ནི་ཞི་ཡ།
  • Tigrinya: ሚክሮኔዢያ
  • Tok Pisin: Ol Pedereted Stet bilong Maikronisia
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Mikolonisia
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Mikolonīsia
  • Tosk Albanian: Föderierte Staaten von Mikronesien
  • Tunisian Arabic: ميكرونيسيا
  • Turkish: Mikronezya Federal Devletleri
  • Turkish: Mikronezya
  • Turkmen: Mikroneziýa
  • Udmurt: Микронезия (кун)
  • Udmurt: Микронезия
  • Uighur: مىكرونېزىيە فېدېراتسىيىسى
  • Uighur: مىكرونېزىيە
  • Ukrainian: Мікронезія
  • Ukrainian: Федеративні Штати Мікронезії
  • Ukrainian: ФШМ
  • Upper Sorbian: Mikroneziska
  • Urdu: ریاستہائے وفاقیہ مائکرونیشیا
  • Urdu: مائکرونیشیا
  • Urdu: مائیکرونیشیا
  • Uzbek: Mikroneziya Federativ Shtatlari
  • Uzbek: Mikroneziya
  • Venetian: Stati Federai de Micronezia
  • Venetian: Stati Federai de Micronèzia
  • Veps: Federativižed Mikronezijan Valdkundad
  • Vietnamese: Liên bang Micronesia
  • Vietnamese: Micronesia
  • Volapük: Smala-Seanuäns
  • Võro: Mikroneesiä Liidoriigiq
  • Waray (Philippines): Micronesia
  • Welsh: Micronesia
  • Welsh: Taleithiau Ffederal Micronesia
  • Western Frisian: Micronesië
  • Western Frisian: Mikroneezje
  • Western Panjabi: مائکرونیشیا
  • Wolof: Mikoronesi
  • Wolof: Mikroneesi
  • Wolof: Réew yu Bennoo yu Mikronesi
  • Wu Chinese: 密克羅尼西亞聯邦
  • Yakut: Микронезия Федератив Штаттара
  • Yiddish: מיקראנעזיע
  • Yoruba: Àwọn Ìpínlẹ̀ Àṣepapọ̀ ilẹ̀ Mikronésíà
  • Yoruba: Makoronesia
  • Yoruba: Mikronésíà
  • Yue Chinese: 密克羅尼西亞聯邦
  • Zeeuws: Micronesia
  • Zhuang: Micronesia Lienzbangh
  • Zulu: i-Federated States of Micronesia
  • Zulu: i-Micronesia
  • Micronesia
  • Mikroneesiä Liidoriigiq
  • Mikronezėjė

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