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Spanish Fort (Yap)

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52: 356: 641: 363: 597: 617: 607: 59: 582: 192:, is a historic seat of power on the island of Yap. Only foundational remnants of the 19th-century Spanish fortification survive, on a property now occupied by the local government. The site was also where German and Japanese administrators had their headquarters during their respective periods of administration in the decades of the 20th century before 702: 297: 290: 461: 433: 380: 524: 610: 600: 306: 283: 51: 572: 577: 697: 345: 335: 707: 489: 99: 678: 620: 484: 330: 275: 208: 398: 393: 236: 200: 34: 494: 671: 423: 189: 87: 418: 664: 547: 703:
Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in the Federated States of Micronesia
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US National Register of Historic Places in the Federated States of Micronesia
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This National Register of Historic Places-related article is a
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Spanish Fort (Yap) is located in Federated States of Micronesia
Weloy
Colonia
Yap State
Federated States of Micronesia
9°30′52″N 138°7′36″E / 9.51444°N 138.12667°E / 9.51444; 138.12667
76002215
Colonia
Yap State
Federated States of Micronesia
World War II
National Register of Historic Places
Caroline Islands
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NRHP nomination for Spanish Fort"
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US National Register of Historic Places in the Federated States of Micronesia
Contributing property
Keeper of the Register
Historic district

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