Kolonia
Kolonia is a coastal town and the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM).
Kolonia is a coastal town and the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). It is not to be confused with the far smaller Colonia, the capital of the State of Yap. It was also the former FSM capital before being replaced by Palikir in 1989, located nearby to the southwest in the municipality of Sokehs. It has a population of 6,074.
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Worth seeing in and around Kolonia
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Japanese Shrine
The Japanese Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kolonia, the capital of Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia. The official name at that time was Japanese: 南洋庁ポナペ国民学校奉安殿, romanized: Nan'yō Chō Ponape Kokumin Gakkō Hō-an-den, lit. 'Nan'yō Government Ponape National School Hōanden'.
500 m · Shinto shrine in Kolonia, Japan · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Spanish Wall Park Cathedral of Ponape Belltower
- 01Sokehs Ridge
A hiking trail leads to the top for a beautiful panoramic view over the island.
- 02College of Micronesia-FSM
Relax under the covered rest/picnic areas.
From Wikivoyage: Kolonia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Send mail to the continental US at USPS domestic rates.
From Wikivoyage: Kolonia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Town's Diner
- 02Riverside Restaurant
- 03Fusion Restaurant
- 04Mangrove Bay Bar
From Wikivoyage: Kolonia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Kolonia
- Stations
- Pohnpei International Airport, 2.3 km
- Okat → KoloniaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Weno Island → Kolonia704 km · quickest by road, 36 min · $1–1.5
- Majuro Atoll → KoloniaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kolonia
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kolonia. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundEven though there are no scheduled bus services on the island, some buses are available to hire or charter.
From Wikivoyage: Federated States of Micronesia, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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