Independence Year : 1990
Population : 64000
Life Expectancy : 65.5
Capital : 2507
GNP : 97.00
GNP Old : 0.00
Local Name : Marshall Islands/Majol
Government Form : Republic
Location : Oceania, island chains of 29 low-lying coral atolls and 5 individual islands in the Western North Pacific Ocean.
Terrain : low-lying coral atolls and five single islands.
Climate : Tropical with a wet season from May to November.
Ethnic Group : 90% Marshallese, 10% estimated U.S., Filipino, Chinese, New Zealander
Religions : Christian, mostly Protestant
Official Website :
www.rmigovernment.org
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General Information - Marshall Islands
Background
The Marshall Islands consists of 29 atolls and 5 individual islands totaling about 1,225 islands and 870 reef systems scattered over 750,000 square miles of the Central Pacific.
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 islands between 1947 and 1962.
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