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The Republic of the MarshallIslands (RMI) is an Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island.
Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to sight the Marshalls, but the islands remained virtually unvisited by Europeans for several more centuries, before being visited by English captain John Marshall in 1788; the islands owe their name to him.
In 1979 the Republic of the MarshallIslands was established and a Compact of Free Association with the U.S. government was signed, becoming effective in 1986.
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