Marshall Islands Country Info - Oceania

Description and Basic Information

Marshall Islands with its capital Majuro is located in Oceania (Oceania, two archipelagic island chains of 29 atolls). It covers some 182 square kilometres (about the size of Washington, DC) with 11,628 citizens. Marshall and English are the the languages spoken by people in Marshall Islands.

The Marshall Islands are a group of atolls and reefs in the Pacific Ocean, about half-way between Hawaii and Australia. The Marshall Islands consist of two island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, of low coral limestone and sand. 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.

Pictures from Capital (Majuro)

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About Marshall Islands

The topography features low coral limestone and sand islands. The average density of population is about 64 per km². The climate in Marshall Islands can be described as tropical with hot and humid, wet season May to November, islands border typhoon belt. Potential natural disasters are infrequent typhoons.

To reach someone in Marshall Islands dial +692 prior to a number. There are 4,400 installed telephones. And there are 1,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of none Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".mh". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 110V - 60Hz. The following list are the 33 regions/states in Marshall Islands we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Marshallese population grew at a rate of 2.02% (or by 1,332 citizens). With 291 deaths and 1,972 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.55%. -349 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Marshall Islands: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.