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Oceania > Marshall Islands > Geography

MARSHALLESE GEOGRAPHY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Area > Comparative
about the size of Washington, DC
Capital city with population Majuro - 20,000
Land use > Other 44.45 % [235th of 241]
Land use > Permanent crops 44.44 % [5th of 241]
Largest city Majuro
Largest city population 28,000 [162nd of 174]
Largest city with population Majuro - 20,000
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 one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia
Map references
Oceania
Maritime claims > Contiguous zone 24 nm [17th of 82]
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nm [63rd of 121]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nm [109th of 190]
Natural hazards infrequent typhoons
Natural resources
coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals
northernmost point > Latitude 14°32'N
Population density 361.32 people per sqkm [24th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km 351.48 people/m² ... [20th of 204]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land 1,053.38 people/km² of arable lan ... [4th of 188]
Surface area > sq. km 180 km² ... [201st of 206]
Terrain
low coral limestone and sand islands

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; Wikipedia: List of countries by northernmost point ; Heal The World Foundation.; World Development Indicators database

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Marshall Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands

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