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Chuuk
| Location |
In the Eastern Caroline Islands of Micronesia, N Pacific Ocean, N of Papua New Guinea |
| Latitude and longitude |
7 43 N, 150 00 E |
| Sovereignty |
Federated States of Micronesia |
| Political status notes |
A State of the Federated States of Micronesia; formerly
Truk |
| Population |
53,319 |
| Census notes |
1994 |
| Land area in square kilometers |
49 |
| Capital |
Weno |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
| Constitution
of the State of Chuuk, from the Legal
Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia |
Other legal documents online
|
| Chuuk
State Code (draft version 2001), from the Legal
Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Chuuk,
map from the South Pacific Island Web Atlas, provided by the GIS Unit of
the University of the South Pacific |
| Legal
Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia: State
of Chuuk |
Selected articles on law and political status
|
| Chuuk: Caricature of An Island,
by Francis X. Hezel, SJ, from the Micronesian Seminar |
| Chuuk:
Victim of its Egalitarian Past, by Francis X. Hezel, SJ, from
Pacific Islands Report |
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