Faichuk (also Faichuuk, Tol, or the Western Islands) are a group of four islands separated from one another by narrow canals in the western part of Truk Lagoon, Chuuk, Micronesia. The tightly knit islands are considered as one for statistical and administrative purposes.

Faichuk islands aerial view.

The islands are Paata (Pata), Polle, Wonei (Onei), and Tol (these four, because of their proximity, are sometimes collectively subsumed under the island name Tol), Eot, Fanapanges, Romanum and Udot. Their aggregate area is 41.90 or 49.63 km2, according to different sources. The population is 16,000. The islands are mostly hilly and peak at 443 meters above sea level (Mount Winipot on Tol Island). Mount Winipot is also the highest point of the Chuuk State. This group of islands claims again (2002) the status of a federated state after a first attempt refused by the Micronesian president around 1985.

IslandArea
(km2)[1]		Population
2008
Faichuk Group
Paata4.412103
Polle9.382662
Tol10.325495
Wonei10.051073
Nomiwisofo Group
Eot0.49407
Fanapanges1.57784
Romanum0.751491
Udot4.932008
Faichuk Islands41.9016023

See also

References

  1. ↑ Areas of Tol, Wonei, Polle and Paata measured in comparison, other area figures from: Edwin Horace Bryan: Guide to place names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: (the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands) (Paperback). Honolulu: Pacific Scientific Information Center, 1971 (acre figures converted to km²). Chuuk 1989 Census of Population and Housing Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (Seite 52) provides very different area figures (with an aggregate area of 49.86 km²), which suggest a different division line between Tol and Wonei.

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