FSM

Bouma, Gary D.; Ling, Rod; Pratt, Douglas (2010). "FSM". Religious diversity in southeast Asia and the pacific. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer Netherlands. pp. 157–161. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3389-5_18. ISBN 978-90-481-3388-8.

Abstract: The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a 1,700 mi section of the Caroline Islands which lie north of the equator in the Pacific Ocean between Palau and the Marshall Islands. FSM’s 607 islands constitute four states: Yap is the most western; Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae, the most eastern. The capital city and seat of national government is Palikir in Pohnpei. Indigenous people own most land in FSM though family trusts (Daye 2006; Government of Federated States of Micronesia 2008a).

The last national Census of 2000 counted a total of 107,008 people of whom 53% were under 20 years old. The distribution between major Indigenous ethnic groups was Chuukese/Mortlockese, 49.5%; Pohnpeian, 24.6%; Kosraean, 6.3%; Yapese, 5.2%; and Yap Outer Islands, 4.6%. FSM’s official language is English but there are also eight major Indigenous languages including Yapese, Chuukese, Pohnpeian and Kosraean. All children must attend school until Grade 8. About 97% of the population is Christian and are split roughly evenly between Catholics and Protestants (Government of Federated States of Micronesia 2008b,c; CIA 2008; Daye 2006).

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