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| Learn about the geography, history, people, climate, government, economy, politics, military, and other aspects of Marshall Islands. We have nine pages of interesting Marshall Islands facts & figures: on everything from transportation and communications systems to natural hazards to transitional issues facing .Marshall Islands. When you hear another country being discussed on the news, visit WorldCountries.info and gets the facts. |
| Area |
total: 11,854.3 sq km land: 181.3 sq km water: 11,673 sq km (note - lagoon waters) note: includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik |
| Climate |
tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt |
| Population |
61,815 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census) note: English (official), widely spoken as a second language |
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CIA World Factbook Description of Marshall Islands |
| After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network. |
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