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Murilo, Federated States of Micronesia

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Murilo, Federated States of Micronesia

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Murilo is a village, atoll, and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. It is located 9 km to the NE of Nomwin Atoll and 101 km to the NNE of Chuuk Lagoon. Its population is over 1,000 people. Together with Nomwin, Ruo, and Fananu they form the Hall Islands. In 2010, the people of this small atoll ate at a "feast" of poisonous, critically endangered hawksbill turtles - 96 got seriously ill, 6 died, 4 of them children.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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