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General Information
Area: 7,800,000 sq km (3,000,000 sq miles) of which 1846.3 sq km (721.2 sq miles) is land.
Population: See individual entries.
GEOGRAPHY: Micronesia comprises four archipelagos: the Federated States of Micronesia (Caroline Islands), the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Republic of Palau. Each archipelago is composed of hundreds of island groups, within which there are many islands varying widely in topography. A more detailed description is given under the individual section for each country. There are three distinct population groups: Malayans who passed through Indonesia and the Philippines; Melanesians coming from the islands of the southwest Pacific; and Polynesians who inhabited the South Pacific.
Language: English, Japanese and nine local languages.
Religion: Roman Catholic and Protestant with Mormon and Baha’i minorities.
Time: See individual sections.
Electricity: 110/120 volts AC, 60Hz. Plugs are the US flat two-pin type.
Communications:
Telephone
IDD is available to any of the islands. See individual entries for country code.
Fax
Available in all the island states.
Internet
There is basic access and services on the islands. See individual entries.
Telegram
24-hour service available in some areas.
Post
Airmail to Europe takes approximately ten days. Post offices are located in the centre of each state.
Press
The Pacific Daily News (Guam) is the main English-language daily newspaper in the region and is distributed throughout all the islands. Further information is provided under individual entries.
BBC World Service and Voice of America frequencies: From time to time these change.
BBC (website: www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice):
Voice of America (website: www.voa.gov):
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