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Area > A note includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik
Area > Comparative about the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places about the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	181.3 sq km		[213rd of 238]
Area > Land (per capita)	2.87 sq km per 1,000 people		[196th of 227]
Area > Note the archipelago includes 11,673 sq km of lagoon waters and includes the atolls of Bikini, Enewetak, Kwajalein, Majuro, Rongelap, and Utirik
Area > Total	181.3 sq km		[223rd of 250]
Area > Total (per capita)	2.87 sq km per 1,000 people		[202nd of 231]
Area > Water	0 sq km		[217th of 239]
Area > Water (per capita)	0 sq km per million people		[205th of 225]
Capital city with population	Majuro - 20,000
Climate tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt
Coastline	370.4 km		[133rd of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location on Likiep 10 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Geographic coordinates	9 00 N, 168 00 E
Geography > Note the Marshall Islands Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein atoll, famous as a World War II battleground, surrounds the world's largest lagoon and is used as a US missile test range; the island city of Ebeye is the second largest settlement in the Marshall Islands, after the capital of Majuro, and one of the most densely populated locations in the Pacific
Land area > sq. km	180 km²		[201st of 206]
Land area > sq. km (per capita)	2.845 km² per 1,000 people		[185th of 206]
Land use > Arable land	11.11%		[102nd of 258]
Land use > Other	44.45%		[236th of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	44.44%		[5th of 258]
Largest city	Majuro
Largest city population	28,000		[162nd of 174]
Largest city population (per capita)	0.474 per capita		[10th 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 half way between Hawaii and Australia
Map references Oceania
Maritime claims > Contiguous zone	24 nautical mile		[45th of 83]
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone	200 nautical mile		[73rd of 123]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[137th of 191]
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]
Surface area > sq. km (per capita)	2.845 km² per 1,000 people		[187th of 207]
Terrain low coral limestone and sand islands

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