Micronesia
Micronesia [ËmaɪkroÊËniÊÉ] (help·info), from the Greek mikros (μικÏÏÏ) (meaning small) and nesos (νá¿ÏοÏ) (meaning island), is a subregion of Oceania, comprising hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean including Guam, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau.
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| Capital | Palikir
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| Population | 115,000 (2020) |
The Philippines lie to the northwest, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Melanesia to the west and south, and Polynesia to the east.