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=== Refaluwasch people ===
[[File:Carolinian people in 1915.jpg|thumb|Carolinian people in 1915]]
'''Refaluwasch''' people are a [[Micronesian people|Micronesian]] ethnic group who originated in Oceania, in the [[Caroline Islands]], with a total population of over 8,500 people in [[Northern Mariana Islands|northern Mariana]]. They are also known as '''''Remathau''''' in the Yap's outer islands. The [[
The immigration of [[Refaluwasch]] to [[Saipan]] began in the early 19th century, after the [[Spain|Spanish]] reduced the local population of [[Chamorro people|Chamorro]] natives to just 3,700. They began to [[immigrate]] mostly sailing from small [[canoes]] from other islands, which a [[typhoon]] previously devastated. The [[Refaluwasch]] have a much darker complexion than the native [[Chamorro people|Chamorros]].
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