Top 10 Interesting Facts About Micronesia
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Welcome to Countries Facts so Today In this Article I will show you top 10 interesting facts about Micronesia.
1 Did you know that micronesia is not any one particular state but a federation of four different states however although the country is composed of four culturally different states they are all solidly bonded together even the national flag represents each state with a star over a blue background which symbolizes the western pacific ocean.
2 The country is so small and isolated that unfortunately it is one of the least visited countries in the world the federated states of micronesia registers less than 20 000 visitors every year with most of them going there for diving.
3 The island of punk in micronesia is so small that there is only one main road and all the locals know each other very well including everyone's place of residence this is similar to a small village and hence there are no addresses as such.
4 In yap which is one of the four states of the country you should never enter a village without anything in your hands if you have nothing then it is understood that you have nothing to do there and have intentions carrying a green leaf is a sign of having peaceful intentions and a good way to occupy your hands.
5 For a country with 120 000 people it is interesting to note that micronesians speak nine languages while english is the official language there are eight others chulkies kosriyan ponpan yapes a lithium wool iron nucoro and kapingamarangi what a linguistically diverse country.
6 Chuuk one of the four states of micronesia is the wreck-diving capital of the world there are over 50 shipwrecks that sank in toot lagoon after operation hailstone in world war ii which destroyed the japanese base many divers visit the place to explore the wreckages underwater.
7 Don't be surprised if we tell you that throughout the entire country of micronesia there is just one newspaper the more shocking part here is that it prints the newspaper only once in every two weeks.
8 Micronesia is home to the longest-running humanitarian airlift in the world operation christmas drop is an annual military training operation of the united states air force that airlifts christmas gifts and humanitarian aid to micronesia it began in 1952 and continues to this day.
9 Another interesting fact about micronesia is that it is one of the only 22 countries not to have an army instead as a former u.s administered territory the usa provides aid and is responsible for micronesia's defense in return the usa can maintain military bases in micronesia.
10 Micronesia is home to the only ancient city ever built on a coral reef the country's only unesco world heritage site of nan madele is an ancient city that was constructed in a lagoon between 1200 and 1500 the site consists of at least 100 small artificial islands which hold remains of stone palaces temples tombs and houses for you do like share comment and subscribe to our website.
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