Satawal
| Satawal | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Carolines | |
| Geographical location | 7 ° 22 '49 " N , 147 ° 1' 58" E | |
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| length | 1.97 km | |
| width | 840 m | |
| surface | 1.1 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 4 m | |
| Residents | 531 (2000) 483 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Satawal | |
Satawal is a small island in the Federated States of Micronesia and the easternmost inhabited island in the state of Yap . Only the uninhabited island of Pikelot lies further east within the state of Yap, a good 100 km to the northeast. Pikelot is included in the municipality of Satawal, as is West Fayu , an uninhabited island 84 km to the northwest.
geography
Geographically, Satawal belongs to the Carolines Archipelago . It is a flat coral island that reaches a height of four meters above sea level. A small scrub-covered mangrove basin in the east is evidence of an earlier lagoon . So it's a former atoll .
The island is largely forested with coconut trees . There are also breadfruit trees . The only village is in the north.
population
Satawal had 531 inhabitants at the 2000 census. In 1970 there were only 93.
language
The dialect Satawal , named after the island, is very similar to Chuukesian .
economy
The inhabitants live mainly from fishing and agriculture . They mainly grow coconut , breadfruit, and taro .
Tourism plays a rather subordinate role. In the absence of a suitable anchorage, the passengers of the cruise ships that occasionally pass by have to be brought to the island's beach in motorized inflatable boats.
administration
The municipality ( municipality ) Satawal includes the uninhabited atoll Piagailoe lying km north-west 82, and also uninhabited island Pikelot that once to Lamotrek , and later Puluwat (in present-day state of Chuuk belonged).
Web links
- http://www.der.org/films/navigators.html
- A return to paradise
- http://www.pacificmagazine.net/pm112004/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Atoll Research Bulletin Vol. 132 (PDF; 320 kB)
- ↑ PDF at www.spc.int
- ↑ PDF at www2.census.gov
- ↑ PDF at www.fsmcongress.fm ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Per Hage, Frank Harary: Exchange in Oceania: a graph theoretic analysis, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1991, p. 95
