Sapwuahfik (Sapwuahfik Municipality)
Sapwuahfik, formerly Ngatik, or the Raven Islands is a 110 km2 atoll of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a village and municipality of roughly 430 people on a land area of 1.5 km2 in the state of Pohnpei.
It is located 150 km southwest of the main island of Pohnpei in the Eastern Caroline Islands and consists of 10 individual islands on the reef. The largest and only inhabited island is Ngatik, at the western end.
The atoll is 22.5 km long and up to 9.6 km wide. The lagoon measures 78.56 km2 in area, and the total area is 114 km2. The aggregate land area of the 10 islands is 1.75 km2, of which the main island Ngatik is 0.91 km2, or more than half. While Ngatik is the only inhabited island, the six larger of the remaining islands are used by the population for harvesting coconuts and growing taro, and animal husbandry (pigs and chickens). There are 12 buildings for temporary shelter on those islands.
The islands, clockwise, starting at Ngatik in the west:
It is located 150 km southwest of the main island of Pohnpei in the Eastern Caroline Islands and consists of 10 individual islands on the reef. The largest and only inhabited island is Ngatik, at the western end.
The atoll is 22.5 km long and up to 9.6 km wide. The lagoon measures 78.56 km2 in area, and the total area is 114 km2. The aggregate land area of the 10 islands is 1.75 km2, of which the main island Ngatik is 0.91 km2, or more than half. While Ngatik is the only inhabited island, the six larger of the remaining islands are used by the population for harvesting coconuts and growing taro, and animal husbandry (pigs and chickens). There are 12 buildings for temporary shelter on those islands.
The islands, clockwise, starting at Ngatik in the west:
Map - Sapwuahfik (Sapwuahfik Municipality)
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While the FSM's total land area is quite small, the country's waters occupy nearly 3 e6km2 of the Pacific Ocean, giving the country the 14th-largest exclusive economic zone in the world. The sovereign island nation's capital is Palikir, located on Pohnpei Island, while the largest city is Weno, located in the Chuuk Atoll.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| USD | United States dollar | $ | 2 |
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| EN | English language |