Editing Pohnpei (section)

{{Short description|Island in Micronesia}}
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| coordinates                      = {{Coord|06|54|00|N|158|13|30|E|type:isle_region:FM-PNI_dim:50000|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago                      = [[Senyavin Islands]]
| waterbody                        = [[Pacific Ocean]]
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| area_km2                         = 334
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| elevation_m                      = 782
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| highest_mount                    = [[Mount Nanlaud]]
| country                          = [[Federated States of Micronesia]]
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| country_admin_divisions          = [[Pohnpei State|Pohnpei]]
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| country1_largest_city            = [[Kolonia]]
| country1_largest_city_population = 6,074
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| population                       = 36,832
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[[File:Pohnpei in Federated States of Micronesia.svg|thumb|262x262px|Pohnpei in Micronesia]]

'''Pohnpei''' (formerly known as '''Ponape''' or '''Ascension''', from [[Pohnpeian language|Pohnpeian]]: "upon (''pohn'') a stone altar (''pei'')") is an island of the [[Senyavin Islands]] which are part of the larger [[Caroline Islands]] group. It belongs to [[Pohnpei State]], one of the four [[state (subnational)|state]]s in the [[Federated States of Micronesia]] (FSM). Major population centers on Pohnpei include [[Palikir]], the FSM's capital, and [[Kolonia]], the capital of Pohnpei State. Pohnpei is the largest island in the FSM, with an area of {{cvt|334|km2}}, and a highest point of {{cvt|782|m}}, the most populous with 36,832 people, and the most developed single island in the FSM.

Pohnpei is home to the megaliths and ruined city of [[Nan Madol]], built of artificial islands off the island's eastern shore beginning in the 8th or 9th century. An important archaeological site, it was declared a national historic site in 1985.

Pohnpei contains a wealth of [[biodiversity]]. It is one of the wettest places on Earth with annual recorded rainfall exceeding {{cvt|300|in|mm|order=flip}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.weriguam.org/reports/item/rainfall-climatology-for-pohnpei-islands-federated-states-of-micronesia/ |title=Rainfall Climatology for Pohnpei Islands, Federated States of |access-date=3 March 2022 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221131133/http://www.weriguam.org/reports/item/rainfall-climatology-for-pohnpei-islands-federated-states-of-micronesia/ |url-status=live }}</ref> each year in certain mountainous locations. It is home to the ka tree (''[[Terminalia carolinensis]]'') found only in Pohnpei and [[Kosrae]].<ref>''[[Nature Conservancy]] Magazine'' February / March 2015 page 36</ref>