Capital | Majuro; note - the capital is an atoll of 64 islands; governmental buildings are housed on three fused islands: Djarrit, Uliga, and Delap |
Government Type | presidential republic in free association with the US |
Currency | USD |
Population | 77,917 |
Total Area |
70 Square Miles 181 Square Kilometers |
Location | Oceania, two archipelagic island chains of 29 atolls, each made up of many small islets, and five single islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia |
Language | English (widely spoken as a second language, both English and Marshallese are official languages), two major Marshallese dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family, Japanese |
GDP - real growth rate | 1.7% |
Map of Marshall Islands
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