Satawal
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Satawal is a solitary coral atoll of one island with about 500 people on just over 1 km2 (0.39 sq mile) located in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Satawal is the easternmost island in the Yap island group and is located approximately east of Lamotrek.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Satawal
- Islands.image_name
- Satawal AKK cropped.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Satawal Atoll
- Islands.image_size
- 250px
- Islands.map_caption
- Location of Satawal in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
- Islands.location
- North Pacific
- Islands.archipelago
- Caroline
- Islands.total_islands
- 1
- Islands.area_km2
- 1.3
- Islands.elevation_m
- 2
- Islands.population
- 500
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2000
- Islands.demonym
- Satawalese
- Islands.country
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- State
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Yap
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- Micronesian
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Satawal is a solitary coral atoll of one island with about 500 people on just over 1 km2 (0.39 sq mile) located in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Satawal is the easternmost island in the Yap island group and is located approximately east of Lamotrek.
==Name== The name of the island goes back to Proto-Chuukic *tadawana, making it etymologically related to Satawan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Satawal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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