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Pohnpei " upon ( pohn ) a stone altar ( pei )" ( formerly known as Ponape ) is the name of an island of the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group.
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Pohnpei and stone
Pohnpeian tradition claims that the builders of the Lelu complex on Kosrae ( likewise composed of huge stone buildings ) migrated to Pohnpei, where they used their skills and experience to build the even more impressive Nan Madol complex.
Today Nan Madol forms an archaeological district covering more than 18 km² and includes the stone architecture built up on a coral reef flat along the shore of Temwen Island, several other artificial islets, and the adjacent Pohnpei main island coastline.
Pohnpei and known
The island of Pohnpei is genetically notable for the prevalence of the extreme form of color blindness known as maskun.
Pohnpei and Ponape
They are grouped into four states: Yap, Chuuk ( called Truk until January 1990 ), Pohnpei ( called Ponape until November 1984 ), and Kosrae.
includes Pohnpei ( Ponape ), Truk ( Chuuk ) Islands, Yap Islands, and Kosrae
The latter coordinates place the city approximately from the actual island of Pohnpei ( Ponape ), the location of the fictional " Ponape Scripture ".
It also operated two Grumman SA-16 / HU-16 Albatross amphibians to fly from Chuuk ( Truk ) to Pohnpei ( Ponape ), until an airfield could be built that could accommodate the 727.
During the Trust Territory ( TTPI ) period, Kosrae was initially administered as one of the municipalities of the Ponape ( Pohnpei ) District, but in 1977 became a separate district.
* Platinum: The " deposits " of this mineral were in Ponape ( Pohnpei ); Kosrae and the nearby islands of the Caroline Archipelago ( South Pacific Mandate ).
Pohnpei and is
On Pohnpei, pre-colonial history is divided into three eras: Mwehin Kawa or Mwehin Aramas ( Period of Building, or Period of Peopling, before ca.
Nan Madol offshore of Temwen Island near Pohnpei, consists of a series of small artificial islands linked by a network of canals, and is often called the Venice of the Pacific.
It is located near the island of Pohnpei and was the ceremonial and political seat of the Saudeleur Dynasty that united Pohnpei's estimated 25, 000 people until its centralized system collapsed amid the invasion of Isokelekel.
The federal capital is Palikir, on Pohnpei.
Rainfall is generally plentiful, and Pohnpei reputedly is one of the wettest places on earth, with up to 330 inches ( 8. 4 m ) of rain per year.
Palikir, the FSM's capital, is located on Pohnpei Island.
Pohnpei International Airport ( IATA code PNI ) is located near Kolonia, on a small island named Deketik off the northern coast of the main island.
Pohnpei Island is the largest, highest, most populous, and most developed single island in the FSM.
Pohnpei is one of the wettest places on earth with annual recorded rainfall exceeding each year in certain mountainous locations.
Pohnpei is home to several dozen bird species including four endemic species, the Pohnpei Lorikeet, the Pohnpei Fantail, the Pohnpei Flycatcher and the Long-billed White-eye.
A fifth endemic, the Pohnpei Starling, is thought to have recently gone extinct.
While the majority of the population consider themselves ethnic Pohnpeians, Pohnpei is more ethnically diverse than any other island in the FSM.
On Pohnpei, pre-colonial history is divided into three eras: Mwehin Kawa or Mwehin Aramas ( Period of Building, or Period of Peopling, before ca.
The first lengthy description of the island and its inhabitants is presented by the Russian explorer Fyodor Litke, whose ship Senyavin gave the island group of Pohnpei, Ant and Pakin its name.
The Whistling Dove is endemic to the tiny Kadavu Island in Fiji, the Caroline Ground-dove is restricted to two islands, Truk and Pohnpei in the Caroline Islands and the Grenada Dove is restricted to Grenada in the Caribbean.
It has a population of 4, 645 and is located on the island of Pohnpei.
On Pohnpei, for example, pre-colonial history is divided into three eras: Mwehin Kawa or Mwehin Aramas ( Period of Building, or Period of Peopling, before ca.
Pohnpei and name
The original name was Soun Nan-leng ( Reef of Heaven ), according to Gene Ashby in his book Pohnpei, An Island Argosy.
The name Nanmodol is from a famous ruin found on Pohnpei.
Soudelor is the name of a legendary Pohnpei chieftain.
Pohnpei and island
The islanders of Pohnpei have a reputation as being the most welcoming of outsiders among residents of the island group.
* Pohnpei, an island in the Federated States of Micronesia
German colonial administrators introduced roe deer to the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia.
It could be used to retain a Eurocentric view on history in the face of increasing evidence for impressive autochthonous development, for example in Zimbabwe ( Great Zimbabwe ), Polynesia ( Easter Island ), and Micronesia ( Nan Madol on the island of Pohnpei ).
Nan Madol is a ruined city that lies off the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei that was the capital of the Saudeleur dynasty until about 1628.
Set apart between the main island of Pohnpei and Temwen Island, it was a scene of human activity as early as the first or second century AD.
It is by far the most southerly atoll or island of the country and of the Caroline Islands, 300 km south of the next southerly atoll, Nukuoro, and 740 km southwest of the main island of Pohnpei state.
Pohnpei and Islands
Pohnpei ( then including Kusaie ), Truk, Yap, Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands, together constituted the TTPI.
The termination of U. S. administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and the Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986.
The Security Council formally ended the trusteeship for the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, Mariana Islands, and Marshall Islands districts on December 22, 1990.
Micronesia: The islands of Kiribati, Nauru, the Marianas ( Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ), the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Palau, and the Federated States of Micronesia ( Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae, all in the Caroline Islands ).
When the Micronesian constitution was defeated in the TTPI districts of Palau and the Marshall Islands, Kosrae joined the remaining districts ( Yap, Chuuk and Pohnpei ) to form the Federated States of Micronesia ( FSM ).
* Micronesian Kingfisher, a species of kingfisher from the Pacific Islands of Guam, Pohnpei and Palau
The stars symbolized the six districts of the former trusteeship: the Marianas, the Marshall Islands, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei ( including Kosrae ), and Palau.
In 2002, unable to find a buyer, BoH closed its Majuro branch in the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( RMI ) and its three branches in Pohnpei, Yap and Kosrae in the Federated States of Micronesia ( FSM ).
Pohnpei when it was a district of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, initially contained Kosrae, which was a municipality of the district.
The termination of U. S. administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI occurred on November 3, 1986.
WorldTeach currently has year-long programs in American Samoa, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Kosrae, the Marshall Islands, Namibia, Pohnpei, Rwanda and Thailand.
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