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Marshall Islands - Introduction 1993
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Background: After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing on some of the islands between 1947 and 1962.


Marshall Islands - Geography 1993
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Location: Oceania, in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way between Hawaii and Papua New Guinea

Geographic coordinates

Map referenceOceania, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area
Total: 181.3 km²
Land: 181.3 km²

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 370.4 km
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm

Maritime claims

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

Terrain: low coral limestone and sand islands

Elevation

Natural resources: phosphate deposits, marine products, deep seabed minerals
Land use

Land use
Arable land: 0%
Permanent crops: 60%
Meadows and pastures: 0%
Forest and woodland: 0%
Other: 40%

Irrigated land: NA km²

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards

Geography


Marshall Islands - People 1993
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Population
Growth rate: 3.87% (1993 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Marshallese (singular and plural)
Adjective: Marshallese

Ethnic groups: Micronesian

Languages: English (universally spoken and is the official language), two major Marshallese dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family, Japanese

Religions: Christian (mostly Protestant)

Demographic profile
Age structure

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

Population growth rate: 3.87% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 46.65 births/1000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 7.91 deaths/1000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1000 population (1993 est.)

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas

Environment
Current issues: occasionally subject to typhoons; two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands
Current issues note: Bikini and Eniwetok are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test range

Air pollutants

Sex ratio

Mothers mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate: 50.5 deaths/1000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 62.79 years
Male: 61.27 years
Female: 64.38 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.99 children born/woman (1993 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Drinking water source

Current health expenditure

Physicians density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Hiv/Aids

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Education expenditures

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
Total population: 93%
Male: 100%
Female: 88%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education

Youth unemployment


Marshall Islands - Government 1993
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Country name
Conventional long form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
Conventional short form: Marshall Islands
Former: Marshall Islands District (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands)

Government type: constitutional government in free association with the US; the

Capital: Majuro

Administrative divisions: none

Dependent areas

Independence: 21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)

National holiday:
Proclamation of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1
May (1979)


Constitution: 1 May 1979

Legal system: based on adapted Trust Territory laws, acts of the legislature, municipal, common, and customary laws

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: president, Cabinet

Legislative branch: unicameral Nitijela (parliament)

Judicial branch: Supreme Court

Political parties and leaders

International organization participation:
AsDB, ESCAP, IBRD, ICAO, IFC, IMF, INTERPOL, SPARTECA, SPC,
SPF, UN, UNCTAD, WHO


Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Wilfred I. KENDALL
In the us chancery: 2,433 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20,008
In the us telephone: (202) 234-5,414
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador David C. FIELDS
From the us embassy: NA address, Majuro
From the us mailing address: P. O. Box 1379, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands 96,960-1379
From the us telephone: (011) 692-4,011

Flag descriptionflag of Marshall%20Islands: blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; there is a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays on the hoist side above the two stripes

National symbols

National anthem

National heritage


Marshall Islands - Economy 1993
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Economy overview: Agriculture and tourism are the mainstays of the economy. Agricultural production is concentrated on small farms, and the most important commercial crops are coconuts, tomatoes, melons, and breadfruit. A few cattle ranches supply the domestic meat market. Small-scale industry is limited to handicrafts, fish processing, and copra. The tourist industry is the primary source of foreign exchange and employs about 10% of the labor force. The islands have few natural resources, and imports far exceed exports. In 1987 the US Government provided grants of $40 million out of the Marshallese budget of $55 million.

Real gdp purchasing power parity

Real gdp growth rate: NA%

Real gdp per capita: $1,500 (1989 est.)

Gross national saving
Gdp composition by sector of origin

Gdp composition by end use

Gdp composition by sector of origin

Agriculture products: coconuts, cacao, taro, breadfruit, fruits, pigs, chickens

Industries: copra, fish, tourism; craft items from shell, wood, and pearls; offshore banking (embryonic)

Industrial production growth rate: growth rate NA%

Labor force: 4,800 (1986)
By occupation: NA
Labor force

Unemployment rate: NA%

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share

Distribution of family income gini index

Budget: revenues $55 million; expenditures $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (1987 est.)

Taxes and other revenues

Public debt

Revenue

Fiscal year: 1 October - 30 September

Inflation rate consumer prices

Central bank discount rate

Commercial bank prime lending rate

Stock of narrow money

Stock of broad money

Stock of domestic credit

Market value of publicly traded shares

Current account balance

Exports: $2.5 million (f.o.b., 1985)
Commodoties: copra, copra oil, agricultural products, handicrafts
Partners: NA

Imports: $29.2 million (c.i.f., 1985)
Commodoties: foodstuffs, beverages, building materials
Partners: NA

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

Debt external

Stock of direct foreign investment at home

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad

Exchange rates


Marshall Islands - Energy 1993
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Electricity
Production: 42,000 kW capacity; 80 million kWh produced, 1,840 kWh per capita (1990)

Coal

Petroleum

Crude oil

Refined petroleum

Natural gas

Carbon dioxide emissions

Energy consumption per capita


Marshall Islands - Communication 1993
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Telephones

Telephone system

Broadcast media

Internet

Broadband fixed subscriptions


Marshall Islands - Military 1993
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Military expenditures

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation

Space program

Terrorist groups


Marshall Islands - Transportation 1993
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National air transport system

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports: 16
Usable: 16
With permanentsurface runways: 4
With runways over 3659m: 0
With runways 2440-3659 m: 0
With runways 1220-2439 m: 8

Heliports

Pipelines

Railways

Roadways

Waterways

Merchant marine:
29 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,786,070
GRT/3,498,895 DWT; includes 2 cargo, 1 container, 9 oil tanker, 15 bulk carrier, 2 combination ore/oil; note - a flag of convenience registry


Ports and terminals


Marshall Islands - Transnational issues 1993
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Disputes international: claims US territory of Wake Island

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs


Air Serbia


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