It administers both Yap proper and some 13 atolls and islands reaching to the east and south for some 800 kilometers (500 miles).

[1] A Spanish Catholic mission was established in Colonia in 1885, during Yap's time as a colony of Spain.

Ships have to travel through a 2.5-kilometer-long (1+1⁄2-mile) reef-bordered passageway to reach the port, where there is a 70-meter-long (230-foot) small craft wharf.

[4] Yap is famous for its Rai stones, traditional money made of limestone, which was brought from neighbouring islands in Palau.

[5] Yap Living History Museum, consisting of various buildings built in the traditional style, was founded in 2005.