Federated States of Micronesia

Federated States of Micronesia › Oceania -- Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia

Palikir • 702 sq km • pop. 105,216 (July 2015 est.)

Languages English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi

Major cities PALIKIR (capital) 7,000 (2014)

Ethnic groups Chuukese/Mortlockese 49.3%, Pohnpeian 29.8%, Kosraean 6.3%, Yapese 5.7%, Yap outer islanders 5.1%, Polynesian 1.6%, Asian 1.4%, other 0.8% (2010 est.)

Religions Roman Catholic 54.7%, Protestant 41.1% (includes Congregational 38.5%, Baptist 1.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 0.8%, Assembly of God .7%), Mormon 1.5%, other 1.9%, none 0.7%, unspecified 0.1% (2010 est.)

Independence 3 November 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)

Internet .fm • 29,900 • 28.3% (2014 est.)

Telephones - mobile 31,400 • 30 (2013) subs./100