Tol
| Tol | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Faichuk Islands | |
| Geographical location | 7 ° 20 '35 " N , 151 ° 37' 12" E | |
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| length | 4.9 km | |
| width | 3.7 km | |
| surface | 10.3 km² | |
| Highest elevation |
Mount Winipot 443 m |
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| Residents | 5129 (2000) 498 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Fason | |
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Tol is an island of Chuuk , a part of the Federated States of Micronesia . It is located in the west of the lagoon of the Chuuk Atoll ( Chuuk Islands ) and belongs to the group of Faichuk Islands .
geography
Tol is the third largest island in the Chuuk Atoll after Moen and Fefan . The island is densely forested and hilly throughout. The highest point on the island - and in the entire state of Chuuk - is Mount Winipot or Mount Tumuital (443 m) in the center of the island . The neighboring island of Wonei borders directly on the northeast coast of Tol , and the island of Polle on the west coast . These two neighboring islands are the fourth and fifth largest of the Chuuk Atoll.
Tol is separated from the neighboring islands of Wonei and Polle by mangrove forests , through which narrow ditches have been dug to make them passable for boats.
Between Tol and Wonei is the Netutu Canal , which is 900 meters long but only a few meters wide. There is a bridge over it. It was created by the Japanese occupiers during World War II .
Between Tol and Polle is the Neout (Neaut) canal , which is 650 long and 20 to 30 meters wide. There is also a bridge over it.
The northern neighboring island of Wonei is also separated from another island in the west, Paata , only by a narrow boat channel , the Anikunap . Actually, these two islands are 1,100 meters apart, but connected by extensive mangrove vegetation, at least 500 meters wide, from which two other small islands, Onas and Anakun, rise.
This makes the four large islands appear as one on a smaller scale. Occasionally the three other islands are considered to be side islands of Tol, or the four islands as one. Tol in the broader sense covers an area of 34.0 km².
Almost all of the coastal regions of Tol are populated. According to the 2000 census , 5,129 people live on the island and 10,201 on the four neighboring islands.
Tol is divided into eight traditional districts, starting in the north and going clockwise: Wichukuna, Chukiono, Fason, Unifei, Faro, Nechocho, Munien and Onip. Villages and places on the topographic map from 1983 have almost the same names: Wichukuno, Chuienu, Fason, Winifei, Faro, Nechocho, Munien and Wonip.
Other sources mention other villages (Amwachang or Amachang, Foup, Netiw) or name variants (Foson, Wineifei). The administrative center is Fason on the east coast, where the Faichuk Junior High School is also located. So the largest place was found in the 1980 census Onip (Wonip) with a population of 731.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Edwin Horace Bryan: Guide to place names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: (the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands) (Paperback). Honolulu: Pacific Scientific Information Center, 1971: These four islands are separated from each other by low, swampy ground, through which narrow channels have ben dug for canoe navigation.
- ^ Edwin Horace Bryan: Guide to place names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: (the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands) (Paperback). Honolulu: Pacific Scientific Information Center, 1971: Site of Roman Catholic Mission; named coined for canal when it was dug by Japanese (Goodenough).
- ↑ UN SYSTEM-WIDE EARTHWATCH Web Site ISLAND DIRECTORY: Islands of Federated States of Micronesia
- ^ World Gazetteer
- ^ Edwin Horace Bryan: Guide to place names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: (the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands) (Paperback). Honolulu: Pacific Scientific Information Center, 1971: native land division
- ↑ MicSem Education Statistics on Micronesia
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated June 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 1998 - FIPS 55 Codes for Named Populated Places, Fed. St. Micronesia ( Memento of the original dated June 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Neil M. Levy: Moon handbooks: Micronesia. Avalon Travel Pub., 2003 , 125
- ↑ Number of Inhabitants, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands excluding the Northern Mariana Islands, 1980 Census of Population (PDF file; 3.18 MB), page 9
