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Micronesia
Made up of thousands of small islands, Micronesia is a region in the western Pacific Ocean.
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The name of money used in Palau customs (sioukang) is called "Bachel". U.S currency is used on daily exchange of goods and services.
What is the tribe Big Man all about?
The term Big Man refers to a highly influential member of a tribe in Polynesia and Melanesia. This leader in turn provides his followers with protection and economic assistance.
How do the people of Palau live?
Palauishly
These carbon based life forms are able to harvest the power of the sun by consuming other carbon based life forms. As a top predator, the Palauans consume and extract energy from smaller plants and animals through a complex chemical process. These smaller plants and animals feed on even smaller animals bringing us to photosynthesis, which is the harvesting of the suns rays. So in short, the Palauans live by eating the sun.
Where did Micronesia people come from?
The micronesians can trace their origins from a mixture of Melanisan, Flipino and Polynesian migrants during ancient times.
An atoll is a coral island that encircles a lagoon partially or completely.
Yaren, is a district and constituency of the Pacific nation of Nauru. It is the capital of Nauru.
Yaren does not have an atoll, but instead is a part of an island in Micronesia.
Palau is a Pacific island at about 134.5° east longitude by 7.5° north latitude, east of the Philippine island of Mindanao and north of the western border of the Indonesian province of Papua.
Who was the President of Palau in 2003?
Thomas Esang Remengesau, Jr.was the President of Palau in 2003.
Tommy Remengesau was the 6th President of Palau from 2001 January 1 to 2009 January 15. Palau's constitution only allows a president to be re-elected consecutively once, so he could not yet stand election for president in 2008.
Johnson Torbiong became the 7th President of Palau, and stood for re-election against Remengesau in 2012. Remengesau won the 2012 election winning 58% to 42%, and become the 8th President of Palau on 2013 January 17th.
Tommy Remengesau's father, Thomas Remengesau Sr. was also a politician and was Vice President twice, as well as the acting President following the assassination of the first president and the suicide of the third president.
In which continent does Micronesia belong?
Micronesia is a string of small islands in the Western Pacific Ocean north of New Guinea. It is not a part of any continent, but is part of the region of Oceania.
In 1898 the US gained control of many of Spain's island possessions in Micronesia as a result of?
Spain ceded Guam to the US following the Spanish American War.
How many people live in palau?
As of the 2012 census, approximately 20,754 people lived in Palau. Palau is an island country officially known as the Republic of Palau.
Yes, geographically speaking, Palau(Belau) is in the Micronesian Archipelago therefore making it part of Micronesia. However, politically, the Republic of Palau is a sovereign country under the "Compact of Free Association" with the United States of America and is independent of the politically unified island states of Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae that comprise the Federated States of Micronesia also commonly referred to politically as, yes you guessed it, "Micronesia".
So maybe a better answer is, "Palau, and the Marshalls(RMI) for that matter, are in Micronesia and is debate-able depending upon who you ask and what mood they are in".
So as the Micronesian saying goes, in one form or another, "....the ocean does not separate us, but rather, ties us together."
How does Federated States of Micronesia citizen get an alien card?
From the embassy or consulate of the country concerned.
the largest population is in chuuk..but pohnpei is the biggest
