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Kolonia Town, looking down from Sokehs Ridge in December 2003. Map of Pohnpei Island showing the municipalities Catholic Belltower Spanish Wall Looking out over Kolonia Town with iconic Sokehs Rock and the Pohnpei State Airport in the distance . Kolonia is a coastal town and the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
Pohnpei (formerly known as Ponape or Ascension, from Pohnpeian: "upon (pohn) a stone altar (pei)") is an island of the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group. It belongs to Pohnpei State , one of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
Municipalities can group together several localities, the main one of which generally has the same name as that of the municipality. Aside from the cases of Kolonia for Pohnpei and Weno for Chuuk State, the state capitals, Colonia for Yap, Tofol for Kosrae, and the federal capital, Palikir, are in municipalities with different names.
Pohnpei State (/ ˈ p ɔː n p eɪ /) is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Its capital is Kolonia . With an area of 346 miles (557 kilometres), it is the largest state.
The Chief Agriculturist House is a historic house in Kolonia, the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a steel and concrete structure, built in the mid-1920s when Pohnpei and the other Caroline Islands were part of the Japanese South Seas Mandate. It was one of the highest-quality buildings constructed on ...
Nett is one of the six municipalities located in the main island of Pohnpei. It corresponds to the north-central sector of the island. The population was 6,639 as of 2010. [2] Nett municipality formerly included Kolonia, now a separate administrative division.
It’s not to be confused with Kolonia, the capital of Pohnpei State. It administers both Yap proper and some 13 atolls and islands reaching to the east and south for some 800 kilometers (500 miles). The 2010 Census population was 3,126. [1] A Spanish Catholic mission was established in Colonia in 1885, during Yap's time as a colony of Spain. [2]
U is one of the six municipalities located in the main island of Pohnpei. It corresponds to the northeastern sector of the island. U had 2,289 inhabitants according to the 2008 census. Alohkapw is the main town. [citation needed] A channel known as Kepidewen Alohkapw marks the boundary between U and Madolenihmw municipalities. [3]