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U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Trust_Territory_of_the_Pacific_Islands
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
League of Nations mandate
gptkbp:administeredBy
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:area
3,000,000 square miles (ocean area)
gptkbp:capital
gptkb:Saipan
gptkbp:createdBy
gptkb:United_Nations_Security_Council_Resolution_21
gptkbp:currency
gptkb:US_dollar
gptkbp:dissolved
1994
gptkbp:established
1947
gptkbp:governingBody
gptkb:embassy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
gptkbp:includes
gptkb:Caroline_Islands
gptkb:Mariana_Islands
gptkb:Marshall_Islands
gptkb:Palau
gptkbp:lastHighCommissioner
gptkb:Janet_J._McCoy
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:officialLanguage
English
gptkbp:population
about 100,000 (at dissolution)
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:Japanese_South_Seas_Mandate
gptkbp:purpose
administered as a strategic trust territory after World War II
gptkbp:status
defunct
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Commonwealth_of_the_Northern_Mariana_Islands
gptkb:Federated_States_of_Micronesia
gptkb:Republic_of_Palau
gptkb:Republic_of_the_Marshall_Islands
gptkbp:UNTrusteeshipCouncilTerminationDate
1 October 1994
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_the_Mariana,_Caroline,_and_Marshall_Islands
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6