Miyub

Miyub (also recorded as Muyub, Miyuwb, or Muyuub) is a village in Gagil municipality on Gagil-Tamil in Yap State of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Miyub is located at approximately 9.556767398 latitude and 138.1828109 longitude and is associated with the polling area of Amun. A bridge is located approximately 0.28 km from the village.

Population

In 1966, Miyub was recorded with a population of 37 people (19 males, 17 females, and 1 additional resident category) occupying approximately 55.87 acres of land, corresponding to about 1.51 acres per person.

Among documented lower-ranking villages in the Gagil area, Miyub had one of the higher population densities recorded in mid-twentieth century surveys.

Caste and class

Miyub is classified within the Yapese system of ranked villages associated with Tabinaw as Caste III, Class 8 (III–8).

This places Miyub among the lower-ranking villages within the Gagil area. Villages at this level occupied a relatively subordinate position within systems of landholding and inter-village relationships tied to higher-ranking settlements.

Ethnographic studies identify villages of this level with milingai communities associated with labor services and specialized production carried out within broader systems of obligation linking lower- and higher-ranking villages.

Traditional production

Ethnographic accounts record that knowledge of traditional clay-pot production remained associated with Miyub into the twentieth century and was remembered by elder informants from the village.

The spellings Miyub and Muyub both appear in ethnographic and demographic documentation relating to the village.