Micronesia Travel Information
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Time Difference: UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
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Capital City: Palikir
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Airports: 6
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Travel Climate: Pohnpei is one of the wettest spots on Earth, with an annual rainfall of about 200 inches a year in...
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Area Comparative: four times the size of Washington, DC (land area only)
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Travel Currency: US dollar (USD)
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Languages: English (official and common language), Trukese, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Kosrean, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
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Ethnic Groups: nine ethnic Micronesian and Polynesian groups
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National Holiday: Constitution Day, 10 May (1979); Independence Day, 3 November (1986)
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Inflation Rate: 2.2%
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Geographic Coordinates: 6 55 N, 158 15 E
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Location: Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
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Terrain: islands vary geologically from high mountainous islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei, Kosrae, and Chuuk
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