Makur, Chuuk

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Makur
Municipality
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Makur, Chuuk
Country Federated States of Micronesia
State Chuuk State
Area
 • Land0.62 km2 (0.24 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
159
Time zone UTC+10

Makur, [1] also known as Magur, is a municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, located in the north of Namonuito Atoll. [2] It has been known as an "island of hunger", meaning poor and low in population, a term applied to Tamatam and the other islands of Namonuito sans Onoun. [3]

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History

In oral tradition Makur has a history of conflict with Polowat, an atoll in the Pattiw group. Its people had repeatedly defeated the Polowatese until the war initiated by Lukupun. A Polowatese resident of Namoluk, Lukupun was dissatisfied with his homeland's failures in fighting Makur and so he travelled to Pattiw to receive the backing of the chief of Polowat and raise a war party. His forces, split into two, attacked Makur from both sides and succeeded, resulting in the execution of the Makur chief Sewan. [4] A pre-1880s attack on Makur by Pattiw forces was responsible for a chain of events leading to the depopulation of Onoun, another island of Namonuito. [3]

Demographics

Population change

Historical population
YearPop.
1909 ≈10
1967 50
1973 66
1975 76
1980 97
1989 121
2010 159
Source:
  • Gorenflo, Larry J. (1995). "Regional demographic change in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia". Pacific Studies Journal. 18 (3) 6. BYUH Digital Collections. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  • "Chuuk Basic Tabulation - 2010 Census of Population and Housing". Federated States of Micronesia Division of Statistics.

References

  1. ↑ Article 13, Section 2, Constitution of Chuuk State, 7 June 2025 – via Legal Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia
  2. ↑ Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
  3. 1 2 Linnekin, Jocelyn; Poyer, Lin, eds. (1990). Cultural Identity and Ethnicity in the Pacific. United States: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN   9780824818913 . Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Chipen, Takashy (1979). Uruon Chuuk : a resource of oral legends, traditions and history of Truk (in Chuukese). Saipan: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands : Omnibus Program for Social Studies-Cultural Heritage. pp. 209–212. Retrieved 9 September 2025.

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