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The Federated States of Micronesia,or simply Micronesia,is an island country in Micronesia,a subregion of Oceania. The federation consists of four states—from west to east,Yap,Chuuk,Pohnpei and Kosrae—that are spread across the western Pacific. Together,the states comprise around 607 islands that cover a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,700 mi) just north of the equator. They lie northeast of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea,south of Guam and the Marianas,west of Nauru and the Marshall Islands,east of Palau and the Philippines,about 2,900 km (1,800 mi) north of eastern Australia,3,400 km (2,100 mi) southeast of Japan,and some 4,000 km (2,485 mi) southwest of the main islands of the Hawaiian Islands.
The politics of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) takes place in a framework of a federal assembly-independent representative democratic republic. The President of the Federated States of Micronesia is both head of state and head of government. Executive power is exercised by the president and his cabinet,while legislative power is vested in both the president and the Congress. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature.
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Typhoon Maysak,known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Chedeng,was the most powerful pre-April tropical cyclone on record in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. The fourth named storm of the 2015 Pacific typhoon season,Maysak originated as a tropical depression on March 26. The next day,the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) upgraded the depression to a tropical storm and assigned it the name Maysak. According to the JMA,Maysak became the second typhoon of the year on March 28. The typhoon underwent explosive intensification into a Category 5 super typhoon on March 31,passing near the islands of Chuuk and Yap in the Federated States of Micronesia. After maintaining that intensity for 18 hours,Maysak weakened,made landfall over the Philippine island of Luzon as a minimal tropical storm,and dissipated shortly afterwards.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Federated States of Micronesia refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its members in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The church's first known missionaries arrived on July 5,1978. As of December 31,2022,there were 5,966 members in 23 congregations in FSM. The LDS Church has congregations in every state in the FSM.
Chuuk Women's Council is a women's rights organization in Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Founded in 1984,it represents over sixty women's groups spread across the state,and actively campaigns for greater gender equality,as well as running programs that focus on health,education and environmental issues
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- ↑ Kerrigan, Kevin (2011-01-19). "Calvo Appoints Dr. Anita Enriquez to Guam Education Board". Pacific News Center . Retrieved 2011-03-05.
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