Murilo, Federated States of Micronesia
Island and municipality in Chuuk State
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Murilo is a village, atoll, and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.[1]
Murilo
Location of Murilo Atoll in the Pacific Ocean
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It is located 9 km to the NE of Nomwin Atoll and 101 km to the NNE of Chuuk Lagoon.[2] 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. 8°41′33″N 152°20′21″E
