Yap

Yap State is one of the four states of the , located in the westernmost portion of the country. The state borders to the southwest, to the north, and to the east.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: state of the Federated States of Micronesia
  • Also known as: “TTPI Yap District” and “Yap State”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia.

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is an urban area between the municipalities of and which serves as the capital of Yap State, one of the states in the .

Yap

Latitude
9.5545° or 9° 33′ 16″ north
Longitude
138.1161° or 138° 6′ 58″ east
Population
11,600
Elevation
173 metres (568 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FM YAP
Open location code
6QXWH438+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 325697688
Geo­Names ID
2081175
Wiki­data ID
Q11342951
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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: “Yap Chiu”
  • Chinese: “雅帕州”
  • 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: “штат Яп”
  • 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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