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Pohnpei State

state of the Federated States of Micronesia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ7771127 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pohnpei State (), officially simply Pohnpei, is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Its capital is Kolonia. With a land area of 346 km2 (134 sq mi), it is the largest state.

History

The pre-colonial history of Pohnpei is divided into three stages: Mwehin Kawa or Mwehin Aramas (c. 1100); Mwehin Sau Deleur (from c. 1100 to c. 1628); and Mwehin Nahnmwarki (from c. 1628 to c. 1885).

In Pohnpei there are historic ruins of a Micronesian civilization, especially the ruins of Nan Madol.

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“Pohnpei State” enters the record as state of the Federated States of Micronesia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pohnpei, State and state can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1100, 1628, 1885—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Pohnpei, State and state.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7771127. The Library of Congress control number is n88040910. Authority coordinates are 6.850, 158.217. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1100, 1628 and 1885.

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This entry incorporates text from “Pohnpei State” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.