Federated States Of
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Micronesia
Status: Associated State (with US) Capital: Palikir, Pohnpei Population: 109,000 (recent est.) Land area: 250 sq. miles Prop/sq. miles: 436 Politics Head of Government: John Haglelgam, Pres.
Legislature: One house National Congress of FSM, consists of 14 Senators, four elected at large in the four states for four-year terms, and 10 others elected for two-year terms.
Next Election: March 1991 for Senators; Sena tors elect President from among Senators with four-year terms.
States: There are four states each with separate governments Chuuk (formerly Truk), Kosrae, Pohnpei (Ponape) and Yap.
Commonwealth Of The
Northern Mariana Islands
Economics mports: $67,700,000 (1988 data) Exports: $13,200,000 exports include: copra, pepper, fish, handcrafts, oconut oil (export dollar figure includes stimate of income from tourism as well) -■oca! taxes: $28,700,000 (national and state ombined) JS funds: $136,300,000 (national and state) otal Spent (1988): $115,500,000 (national and tate, the surplus consists primarily of not-yet pent moneys for capital improvements) ’ravel L ir: Continental/Air Micronesia. Four flights ; cek Jy fr° m Honolulu and five from Guam n te l^ 00 . ms: about 290 (Pohnpei, 10; Chuuk, 102; Yap, 58; Kosrae, 30). elephone: country code is 691; four earth ations.
Status: Commonwealth of the US Capital: Saipan Population: 22,300 US citizens and Micro nesians and 23,000 aliens Land area: 183 sq miles Pop./sq. miles: 235 Politics Head of Government: Lorenzo I. De Leon Guerrero, Governor, Republican Legislature: Two houses; Senate, nine members with four-year terms, six
Rep. and three Dem.; House, 15 members with two-year terms, 8 Dem. and
7 Rep.
Next Election: Nov. 1991 for all members of House, and three Senators; Nov. 1993 for Governor, rest of Senate and all of House.
Economics Imports: $219,600,000 (1988) Exports: $63,200,000 (1987) Exports include: export total above is for garments, which is virtually the only export.
Local taxes: $89,975,000
US funds: $15,000,000 (Covenant funds) $18,185,000 (other US funds) Travel Air: JAL and ANA have a total of 19 direct flights a week from Japan; Continental flies direct from Manila once a week; from Honolulu or Suva one goes to Guam and takes a shuttle flight to Saipan.
Hotel Rooms: 2,577 currently, many more planned Telephone: country code 670