Yap
Yap State is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia, located in the westernmost portion of the country. The state borders Palau to the southwest, Guam to the north, and Chuuk State to the east.
- Type: Island
- Description: state of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Also known as: “TTPI Yap District”, “Yap State”, “штат Яп”, and “雅帕州”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Yap Living History Museum.
Yap Living History Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colonia.
Yap
- Categories: state of the Federated States of Micronesia, electoral unit, and landform
- Location: Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude
9.5545° or 9° 33′ 16″ north
Longitude
138.1161° or 138° 6′ 58″ east
Population
11,600
Elevation
173 metres (568 feet)
UN/LOCODE
FM YAP
Open location code
6QXWH438+QC
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GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Yap” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ያፕ ስቴት”
- Azerbaijani: “Yap Ştati”
- Basque: “Yap (estatua)”
- Basque: “Yap”
- Bengali: “ইয়াপ স্টেট”
- Catalan: “Estat de Yap”
- Cebuano: “State of Yap”
- Chinese: “雅浦州”
- Croatian: “Yap”
- Danish: “Yap”
- Finnish: “Yapin osavaltio”
- French: “État de Yap”
- French: “Yap”
- Galician: “Estado de Yap”
- Georgian: “იაპი”
- German: “Bundesstaat Yap”
- German: “Yap”
- Hausa: “Jihar Yap”
- Hindi: “याप राज्य”
- Indonesian: “Negara Bagian Yap”
- Indonesian: “Yap”
- Italian: “Yap”
- Japanese: “ヤップ州”
- Javanese: “Negara Yap”
- Kazakh: “Яп штаты”
- Kirghiz: “Яп штаты”
- Korean: “야프주”
- Latvian: “Japa (pavalsts)”
- Latvian: “Japa”
- Lithuanian: “Japas (valstija)”
- Lithuanian: “Japas”
- Malay: “Negeri Yap”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Yap Chiu”
- Moroccan Arabic: “ويلاية ياپ”
- Northern Frisian: “Yap”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Iap (Estat)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Iap”
- Oromo: “Naannoo Yap”
- Panjabi: “ਯਾਪ ਸਟੇਟ”
- Persian: “ایالت یاپ”
- Polish: “Yap”
- Portuguese: “Estado de Yap”
- Pushto: “د یاپ ایالت”
- Russian: “Яп”
- Sinhala: “යැප් ප්රාන්තය, මයික්රොනීසියා ෆෙඩරල් ජනපද”
- Somali: “Gobolka Yap”
- Spanish: “Estado de Yap”
- Swahili: “Jimbo la Yap”
- Swedish: “State of Yap”
- Swedish: “Yap”
- Tajik: “Штати Яп”
- Tatar: “Яп штаты”
- Turkish: “Yap”
- Ukrainian: “Яп”
- Urdu: “ریاست یاپ”
- Uzbek: “Yap shtati”
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Places to explore: Taapuwoogachaal and Fanbacheal.
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