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Marshall Islands

MH / MHL   9.8°, 169.3°

The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is an archipelagic country in Oceania. The sovereign state lies west of the International Date Line and north of the equator in the Micronesia region of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Capital
Majuro
Population
53,127
Area
181 km2
Climate
Tropical
Currency
United States dollar
Languages
Marshallese 98.2%
Sells
ships, refined petroleum, fish, natural gas
Sells to
UK 16%, Germany 13%, Denmark 10%
Land borders
None
Drives on the
right
Calling code
+692
Founded
1986
Hemisphere
Northern

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Marshalleseofficial
98.2%

What it sells, and to whom

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Exports

ships refined petroleum fish natural gas stone processing machines

Imports

ships refined petroleum additive manufacturing machines iron structures crude petroleum

Trades with

UK16.0% Germany13.0% Denmark10.0% Ghana9.0% Cyprus9.0% China47.0% Japan15.0% Brazil4.0%

Natural resources

coconut products marine products deep seabed minerals

Industries

copra tuna processing tourism craft items

Farms and fisheries

  • coconuts

Largest cities

Majuro  capital 25,400
Dalap-Uliga-Dorrit 20,301

Money, belief and alliances

Money

United States dollar SOV

Belongs to

United Nations Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons International Development Association Asian Development Bank Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons UNESCO International Bank for Reconstruction and Development World Health Organization Interpol Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States International Finance Corporation International Telecommunication Union Alliance of Small Island States

Climate and geography

tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt

Climate zone

Tropical

Highest point

Likiep Atoll

Northern hemisphere.

In charge right now

Hilda Heine
Hilda Heine Head of state and government

Figures from its history

Amata Kabua
Amata Kabua First president Iroijlaplap Amata Kabua was the first President of the Marshall Islands from 1979 until his death in 1996.

Leaders before them

Christopher Loeak
Christopher Loeak 2012 to 2016
Casten Nemra
Casten Nemra 2016 to 2016
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