The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)
The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) is a grouping of 607 small islands in the Western Pacific about 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii, lying just above the Equator. Generally speaking, FSM comprises what is known as the Eastern and Western Caroline Islands. While the country's total land area amounts to only 270.8 square miles, it occupies more than one million square miles of the Pacific Ocean, and ranges 1,700 miles from East (Kosrae) to West (Yap).
LANGUAGES: English is the official language, and there are eight major indigenous languages of the Malayo-Polynesian linguistic family spoken in the FSM: Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Chuukese, Pohnpeian, Kosraean, Nukuoro, and Kapingamarangi.
LITERACY LEVELS:
Educational Attainment in the FSM for the Population Aged 25 and Over (2000 Census)
- No school: 12.3%
- Pre-school/kindergarten: 1.0%
- Elementary: 36.0%
- High School: 32.3%
- College: 18.4%
For more information about the Federated States of Micronesia:
http://www.fsmgov.org/info/index.html
