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    Introduction


    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 have been home to the US Army Base Kwajalein (USAKA) since 1964.


    Location


    Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia


    Geographic coordinates


    9 00 N, 168 00 E


    Area


    total: 181.3 sq km note: includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik water: 0 sq km land: 181.3 sq km


    Area - comparative


    about the size of Washington, DC


    Land boundaries


    0 km


    Coastline


    370.4 km


    Maritime claims


    territorial sea: 12 NM exclusive economic zone: 200 NM contiguous zone: 24 NM


    Climate


    tropical; hot and humid; wet season from May to November; islands border typhoon belt


    Terrain


    low coral limestone and sand islands


    Elevation extremes


    lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Likiep 10 m


    Natural resources


    coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals


    Land use


    arable land: 16.67% permanent crops: 0% other: 83.33% (1998 est.)


    Irrigated land


    0 sq km


    Natural hazards


    infrequent typhoons


    Environment - current issues


    inadequate supplies of potable water; pollution of Majuro lagoon from household waste and discharges from fishing vessels


    Environment - international agreements


    party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements


    Geography - note


    two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands; Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range


    Population


    57,738 (July 2004 est.)


    Capital


    Majuro


    Phone Code


    +692


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