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Oceania (UK: /ˌoʊ.si.ˈɑː.ni.ə, ˌoʊ.ʃi.-, -ˈeɪ.n-/ OH-s(h)ee-AH-nee-ə, -⁠AY-, US: /ˌoʊ.ʃi.ˈæ.ni.ə, -ˈɑː.n-/ ^ⓘ OH-shee-A(H)N-ee-ə) is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Outside of the English-speaking world, Oceania is generally considered a continent, while mainland Australia is regarded as its continental landmass. Spanning the Eastern and Western hemispheres, at the centre of the water hemisphere, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of about 9,000,000 square kilometres (3,500,000 sq mi) and a population of around 46.3 million as of 2024. Oceania is the smallest continent in land area and the second-least populated after Antarctica. It is home to Earth’s third-largest remaining area of tropical rainforest, which covers much of the island of New Guinea.

Oceania has a diverse mix of economies from the highly developed and globally competitive financial markets of Australia, French Polynesia, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and New Zealand, which rank high in quality of life and Human Development Index, to the much less developed economies of Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Western New Guinea. The largest and most populous country in Oceania is Australia, and the largest city is Sydney. Puncak Jaya in Indonesia is the highest peak in Oceania at 4,884 m (16,024 ft).

The rock art of Aboriginal Australians is the longest continuously practiced artistic tradition in the world. Most Oceanian countries are parliamentary democracies, with tourism serving as a large source of income for the Pacific island nations. (Full article...)

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Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru, formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies within the Micronesia subregion of Oceania, with its nearest neighbour being Banaba (part of Kiribati) about 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the east. Nauru is also known to have one of the highest obesity rates in the world.

With an area of only 21 square kilometres (8.1 mi²; 2,100 ha; 5,200 acres), Nauru is the third-smallest country in the world, larger than only Vatican City and Monaco, making it the smallest republic and island state, as well as the smallest member state of the Commonwealth of Nations by both area and population. Its population of about 10,800 is the world's third-smallest (not including colonies or overseas territories). Nauru is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States. (Full article...)

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Chamorro performers at the Pacific Islander Festival Association in San Diego, 2010

The Chamorro people (/tʃɑːˈmɔːroʊ, tʃə-/; also Chamoru) are the Indigenous people of the Mariana Islands, politically divided between the United States territory of Guam and the encompassing Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Micronesia, a commonwealth of the US. Today, significant Chamorro populations also exist in several US states, including Hawaii, California, Washington, Texas, Tennessee, Oregon, and Nevada, all of which together are designated as Pacific Islander Americans according to the US census. According to the 2020 census, about 63,035 people with Chamorro ancestry live in Guam and another 17,163 live in the Northern Marianas. Among those, 50,420 identified as Chamorro alone (i.e. no other race) in Guam and 12,001 in Northern Marianas. (Full article...)

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Image 1Grinding stones discovered from archaeology in Samoa (from Polynesia)
Image 2Mount Marpi in Saipan. (from Micronesia)
Image 3Outline of sovereign (orange) and dependent islands (yellow) (from Melanesia)
Image 4Tarawa Atoll (from Micronesia)
Image 5Beach scenery at Laura, Majuro, Marshall Islands (from Micronesia)
Image 6Polynesians with outrigger canoes at Waikiki Beach, Oahu Island, early 20th century (from Polynesia)
Image 7Painting of Tahitian Women on the Beach by Paul Gauguin—Musée d'Orsay (from Polynesia)
Image 8Chronological dispersal of Austronesian peoples across the Indo-Pacific (from Micronesia)
Image 9German trading station at Jaluit Atoll with a Marshallese korkor outrigger canoe in the foreground (from Micronesia)
Image 10Subregions (Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and Australasia), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of Oceania (from Polynesia)
Image 11Māori war canoe (waka) drawn after James Cook's voyage to New Zealand. (from Polynesia)
Image 12Cinder plain of Mount Yasur in Vanuatu (from Melanesia)
Image 13Carving from the ridgepole of a Māori house, ca 1840 (from Polynesia)
Image 14The Polynesian spread of colonization in the Pacific (from Polynesia)
Image 15Australia's concept of Australasia, which includes Australia, New Zealand and, in this case, Melanesia (from Australasia)
Image 16New Caledonia (from Melanesia)
Image 17Manila Galleon in the Marianas and Carolinas, c. 1590 Boxer Codex (from Micronesia)
Image 18King Kamehameha I receiving the Russian naval expedition of Otto von Kotzebue. Drawing by Louis Choris in 1816. (from Polynesia)
Image 19Languages of Micronesia. (from Micronesia)
Image 20Spinner dolphins (from Micronesia)
Image 21A common fishing canoe va'a with outrigger in Savaiʻi island, Samoa, 2009 (from Polynesia)
Image 22A Melanesian child from Vanuatu (from Melanesia)
Image 23Aerial view of Solomon Islands (from Melanesia)
Image 24Polynesian (Hawaiian) navigators sailing multi-hulled canoe, c. 1781 (from Polynesia)
Image 25A pan flute from Solomon Islands, 19th century (from Melanesia)
Image 26Image of the Castle Bravo nuclear test, detonated on 1 March 1954, at Bikini Atoll (from Micronesia)
Image 27Map showing the migration and expansion of the Austronesians which began at about 3000 BC from Taiwan. The Polynesian branch is shown in green. (from Polynesia)
Image 28Polynesia is one of three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, along with Melanesia and Micronesia. (from Polynesia)
Image 29Melanesia is one of three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, along with Micronesia and Polynesia. (from Melanesia)
Image 30Chronological dispersal of Austronesian peoples across the Indo-Pacific (from Melanesia)
Image 31Moai at Ahu Tongariki on Rapa Nui (from Polynesia)
Image 32An illustration of the Cross Spikes Club of the US Navy on Bikini Atoll, one of several Marshall Islands used for atomic bomb tests. (from Micronesia)
Image 33Micronesia is one of three major cultural areas of the Pacific Ocean islands, along with Melanesia and Polynesia. (from Micronesia)
Image 34Subregions (Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia), as well as sovereign and dependent islands of Oceania (from Micronesia)
Image 35The arrival of Abel Tasman in Tongatapu, 1643; drawing by Isaack Gilsemans (from Polynesia)
Image 36A depiction of a royal heiau (Hawaiian temple) at Kealakekua Bay, c. 1816 (from Polynesia)
Image 37On February 14, 1779, Capt. James Cook was killed on the island of Hawaii. (from Polynesia)
Image 38German New Guinea before and after the German-Spanish treaty of 1899 (from Micronesia)
Image 39Kili Island is one of the smallest islands in the Marshall Islands. (from Micronesia)
Image 40Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from Micronesia)
Image 41Mokoliʻi Isle near Oahu, Hawaii (from Polynesia)
Image 42Chamorro people in 1915 (from Micronesia)
Image 43Sailors of Melanesia in the Pacific Ocean, 1846 (from Melanesia)
Image 44Map from 1961 of the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, formerly Japan's South Seas Mandate. (from Micronesia)
Image 45Cook's Bay on Moorea, French Polynesia (from Polynesia)
Image 46Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Prime Minister of Samoa from 1998 to 2021, who initiated the Polynesian Leaders Group in late 2011. (from Polynesia)
Image 47Outline of sovereign (dark orange) and dependent islands (bright orange) (from Polynesia)
Image 48Map of Melanesia, showing its location within Oceania (from Melanesia)
Image 49Canoe carving on Nanumea atoll, Tuvalu (from Polynesia)
Image 50Köppen-Geiger climate classification map of Melanesia (from Melanesia)

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