Yap [island] - Yap

Japanese: ヤップ[島] - ヤップ

An island in the western Pacific Ocean, west of the Caroline Islands. It consists of four islands and about 130 barrier reefs surrounding them. The main product is copra. The inhabitants are Yapese people who speak an Austronesian language and engage in fishing and tuber cultivation. Ceremonial exchanges are carried out using stone and shell money. After being a German territory, a Japanese mandate territory, and a United Nations trust territory administered by the United States, it gained independence in 1986 as part of the Federated States of Micronesia. It covers an area ^{of 119 km2} . The Yap region, including the surrounding islands, has a population of 11,377 (2010).
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Japanese:

西太平洋，カロリン諸島西部の島。４島とそれをとりまく約130の堡礁(ほしょう)からなる。主産物はコプラ。住民はアウストロネシア系の言語を話すヤップ人で，イモ類の栽培と漁労を営む。石貨や貝貨を用いる儀礼的交換が行われる。ドイツ領，日本委任統治領，米国の国連信託統治領を経て1986年ミクロネシア連邦の一部として独立。119km²。周辺の島を含めたヤップ地区は１万1377人（2010）。
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