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Also known as Satawal Island

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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