Eauripik
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The population of Eauripik Island was 113 in 2000. Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Many islanders usually reside on the mainland Yap as temporary laborers.[1]
The Caroline Islands' sovereignty passed to the Empire of Germany in 1899. The island came under the control of the Empire of Japan after World War I and was subsequently administered under the South Seas Mandate. Following World War II, the island came under the control of the United States. The islands were administered as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947 and became part of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1979.
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- Columbia Gazetteer of the World. Vol. 1, p. 900