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Country Information Racial Ethnic Relations pilgrimage to Micronesia Mission Personnel Currently we do not have mission in Micronesia Partners Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa Congregational Christian Churches in Western Samoa Congregational Church in Kosrae Churches of Christ in Vanuatu Kiribati Protestant Church Marshall Islands Theological College Namoneas Congregational Church (Chuuk, Micronesia) Nukuno Protestant Church (Chuuk, Micronesia) Pacific Theological College Protestant Church in French Polynesia Tangintebu Theological College United Church of Christ (Chuuk, Micronesia) United Church of Christ in the Marshall Islands United Church of Christ in Pohnpei (Micronesia) <\/p>\n

Micronesia is a subregion<\/span><\/a> of Oceania<\/span><\/a>, comprising thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean<\/span><\/a>. It has a shared cultural history with two other island regions, Polynesia<\/span><\/a> to the east and Melanesia<\/span><\/a> to the south. There are four main archipelago<\/span><\/a>s along with numerous outlying islands. Micronesia is divided politically into five sovereign states<\/span><\/a> and three U.S. territories<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>
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<\/span>Population (2014 est) \u2013 105,681<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Area \u2013 436mi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Capital \u2013 Palikir<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Ethnic Background <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chuukese\/Mortlockese – 49.3% <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pohnpeian – 29.8% <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kosraean – 6.3% <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yapese – 5.7% <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yap outer islanders – 5.1% <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Polynesian – 1.6%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Asian – 1.4%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Other – 0.8%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Exports – fish, garments, bananas, black pepper, sakau (kava), betel nuts<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Imports – food, manufactured goods, machinery and equipment, beverages<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Life Expectancy (2014 est) \u2013 M 70 years\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>F 74 years<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Infant Mortality (2014 est) – 21.93 deaths\/1,000 live births<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Adult Illiteracy Rate \u2013 11%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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