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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Marshall Islands: The

Republic of the Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati ...

(RMI) is a

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Micronesia Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of about 2,000 small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: the Philippines to the west, Polynesia to the east, and ...

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located in the western North Pacific Ocean, north of

Nauru Nauru ( or ; na, Naoero), officially the Republic of Nauru ( na, Repubrikin Naoero) and formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Oceania, in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba Island in Ki ...

and

Kiribati Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati
''The Wor ...

, east of the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

, and south of the U.S. territory of

Wake Island Wake Island ( mh, Ānen Kio, translation=island of the kio flower; also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion, east of Guam, west of Honolulu, southeast of To ...

, to which it lays claim.

General reference

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: * Common English country name: The

Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati ...

* Official English country name: The

* Common

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(s): * Official endonym(s): * Adjectival(s): Marshallese *

Demonym A demonym (; ) or gentilic () is a word that identifies a group of people (inhabitants, residents, natives) in relation to a particular place. Demonyms are usually derived from the name of the place (hamlet, village, town, city, region, province, ...

(s): *

Etymology Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...

: Name of the Marshall Islands * ISO country codes: MH, MHL, 584 * ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:MH *

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.mh .mh is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for the Marshall Islands. Its registry website has been inactive since the end of 2021, and prior to that had not been updated since 1997. The mechanism of registering domains listed on ...

Geography of the Marshall Islands

Geography of the Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands consist of two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands, which form two parallel groups—the "Ratak" (sunrise) chain and the "Ralik" (sunset) chain. The Marshalls are located in the North Pacific Ocean and sh ...

* The Marshall Islands are: an island country * Location: **

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and

Eastern Hemisphere The Eastern Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth which is east of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and west of the antimeridian (which crosses the Pacific Ocean and relatively little land from pole to pol ...

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

*** North Pacific Ocean ****

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*****

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: UTC+12 ** Extreme points of the Marshall Islands *** High: unnamed location on Likiep *** Low: North Pacific Ocean 0 m ** Land boundaries: ''none'' ** Coastline: North Pacific Ocean 370.4 km * Population of the Marshall Islands: * * Area of the Marshall Islands: * Atlas of the Marshall Islands

Environment of the Marshall Islands

* Climate of the Marshall Islands * Renewable energy in the Marshall Islands * Geology of the Marshall Islands * Protected areas of the Marshall Islands ** Biosphere reserves in the Marshall Islands ** National parks of the Marshall Islands * Wildlife of the Marshall Islands ** Fauna of the Marshall Islands *** Birds of the Marshall Islands *** Mammals of the Marshall Islands

Natural geographic features of the Marshall Islands

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s of the Marshall Islands: None *

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s of the Marshall Islands: None *

Islands of the Marshall Islands The Republic of Marshall Islands consists of 30 atolls (each made up of many islets) and 5 islands, which can be divided into two island chains, Ralik Chain and Ratak Chain. Inhabited municipalities Administratively, the country is divided into ...

* Lakes of the Marshall Islands * Mountains of the Marshall Islands ** Volcanoes in the Marshall Islands * Rivers of the Marshall Islands ** Waterfalls of the Marshall Islands * Valleys of the Marshall Islands * World Heritage Sites in the Marshall Islands: None

Regions of the Marshall Islands

Ecoregions of the Marshall Islands

List of ecoregions in the Marshall Islands * Ecoregions in the Marshall Islands

Administrative divisions of the Marshall Islands

None

= Municipalities of the Marshall Islands

= *

Capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

of the Marshall Islands: Majuro * Cities of the Marshall Islands

Demography of the Marshall Islands

Demographics of the Marshall Islands

Government and politics of the Marshall Islands

Politics of the Marshall Islands

Form of government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

: *

of the Marshall Islands: Majuro *

Elections in the Marshall Islands Marshall Islands elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a four-year term by the parliament. The Legislature (''Nitijela'') has 33 members, elected for a four-year term in s ...

Political parties in the Marshall Islands There are no legally incorporated political parties in the Marshall Islands, but there are unofficial groupings: * Aelon Kein Ad * United Democratic Party * United People's Party See also * Politics of the Marshall Islands * List of politica ...

Branches of the government of the Marshall Islands

Government of the Marshall Islands

Executive branch of the government of the Marshall Islands

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President of the Marshall Islands The following is a list of President (government title), presidents of the Marshall Islands, since the establishment of that office in 1979. The president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands is the head of state and government of the Marshal ...

, *

Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, a gro ...

: Prime Minister of the Marshall Islands, *

Cabinet of the Marshall Islands The government of the Marshall Islands operates under a mixed parliamentary-presidential system as set forth in its Constitution. Elections are held every four years in universal suffrage (for all citizens above the age of 18), with each of the 24 ...

= Foreign relations of the Marshall Islands

= Foreign relations of the Marshall Islands * Diplomatic missions in the Marshall Islands * Diplomatic missions of the Marshall Islands * United States-the Marshall Islands relations

Legislative branch of the government of the Marshall Islands

* Parliament of the Marshall Islands (

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) **

Upper house An upper house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smalle ...

: Senate of the Marshall Islands **

Lower house A lower house is one of two Debate chamber, chambers of a Bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house. Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide, the lower house has co ...

: House of Commons of the Marshall Islands

Judicial branch of the government of the Marshall Islands

Court system of the Marshall Islands *

Supreme Court of the Marshall Islands The Supreme Court is the highest court of law in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. It has final authority of all cases brought before it. It consists of a Chief Justice and two associate justices. The Chief Justice is Daniel N. Cadra. Chief ...

* High Court of the Marshall Islands

International organization membership

The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a member of: * African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) *

Asian Development Bank The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank established on 19 December 1966, which is headquartered in the Ortigas Center located in the city of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines. The bank also maintains 31 field office ...

(ADB) *

Food and Agriculture Organization The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...

(FAO) *

Group of 77 The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of 134 developing countries, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations. There were 77 fou ...

(G77) *

International Atomic Energy Agency The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons. It was established in 1957 ...

(IAEA) *

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...

(IBRD) *

International Civil Aviation Organization The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international sc ...

(ICAO) *

International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals ...

(ICCt) *

International Criminal Police Organization The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...

(Interpol) *

International Development Association The International Development Association (IDA) (french: link=no, Association internationale de développement) is an international financial institution which offers concessional loans and grants to the world's poorest developing countries. Th ...

(IDA) * International Finance Corporation (IFC) *

International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...

(ILO) *

International Maritime Organization The International Maritime Organization (IMO, French: ''Organisation maritime internationale'') is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. The IMO was established following agreement at a UN conference ...

(IMO) *

International Mobile Satellite Organization The International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites. Some of these services concern: ...

(IMSO) *

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...

(IMF) *

International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

(IOC) *

International Telecommunication Union The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...

(ITU) *

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an intergovernmental organisation and the implementing body for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which entered into force on 29 April 1997. The OPCW, with its 193 member ...

(OPCW) *

Pacific Islands Forum The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is an inter-governmental organization that aims to enhance cooperation between countries and territories of Oceania, including formation of a trade bloc and regional peacekeeping operations. It was founded in 197 ...

(PIF) * Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) *

South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement The South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement (SPARTECA) is a nonreciprocal trade agreement in which Australia and New Zealand offer duty-free and unrestricted access for specified products originating from the developing i ...

(Sparteca) *

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

(UN) *

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is an intergovernmental organization within the United Nations Secretariat that promotes the interests of developing countries in world trade. It was established in 1964 by the ...

(UNCTAD) *

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...

(UNESCO) *

World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. The WHO Constitution states its main objective as "the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of h ...

(WHO)

Law and order in the Marshall Islands

Law of the Marshall Islands * Constitution of the Marshall Islands * Crime in the Marshall Islands * Human rights in the Marshall Islands ** LGBT rights in the Marshall Islands ** Freedom of religion in the Marshall Islands *

Law enforcement in the Marshall Islands Defense of the Marshall Islands is the responsibility of the United States, but local police matters are handled by the Marshall Islands Police, the national police force, as well as several atoll or municipality-based departments. There are two po ...

Military of the Marshall Islands

Military of the Marshall Islands The Compact of Free Association (COFA) is an international agreement establishing and governing the relationships of free association between the United States and the three Pacific Island Collectively called the Pacific Islands, the islands ...

* Command ** Commander-in-chief: *** Ministry of Defence of the Marshall Islands * Forces ** Army of the Marshall Islands ** Navy of the Marshall Islands ** Air Force of the Marshall Islands ** Special forces of the Marshall Islands * Military history of the Marshall Islands * Military ranks of the Marshall Islands

Local government in the Marshall Islands

History of the Marshall Islands

* Military history of the Marshall Islands

Culture of the Marshall Islands

Culture of the Marshall Islands The culture of the Marshall Islands forms part of the wider culture of Micronesia. It is marked by pre-Western contact and the impact of that contact on its people afterward. The Marshall Islands were relatively isolated. Inhabitants developed sk ...

* Architecture of the Marshall Islands *

Cuisine of the Marshall Islands Marshallese cuisine comprises the fare, foods, beverages and foodways of the Marshall Islands, including its food-related customs and traditions. Common indigenous and traditional foods include breadfruit, coconut, bananas, papaya, seafood, pandan ...

* Festivals in the Marshall Islands * Languages of the Marshall Islands * Media in the Marshall Islands *

National symbols of the Marshall Islands National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

** Coat of arms of the Marshall Islands ** Flag of the Marshall Islands ** National anthem of the Marshall Islands * People of the Marshall Islands *

Public holidays in the Marshall Islands This is a list of public holidays in the Marshall Islands. References External links {{Oceania topic, Public holidays in Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aol ...

* Records of the Marshall Islands *

Religion in the Marshall Islands Religion in the Marshall Islands has been primarily Christian ever since the religion was introduced by Western missionaries around 1857. The government generally supports the free practice of religion, although the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim commun ...

** Christianity in the Marshall Islands ** Hinduism in the Marshall Islands **

Islam in the Marshall Islands Islam is a minority religion in the Marshall Islands. All Muslims in the country belong to the minority Ahmadiyya sect.

** Judaism in the Marshall Islands ** Sikhism in the Marshall Islands * World Heritage Sites in the Marshall Islands: None

Art in the Marshall Islands

* Art in the Marshall Islands * Cinema of the Marshall Islands * Literature of the Marshall Islands * Music of the Marshall Islands * Television in the Marshall Islands * Theatre in the Marshall Islands

Sports in the Marshall Islands

Sports in the Marshall Islands * Football in the Marshall Islands

Economy and infrastructure of the Marshall Islands

Economy of the Marshall Islands * Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 187th (one hundred and eighty seventh) * Agriculture in the Marshall Islands * Banking in the Marshall Islands ** National Bank of the Marshall Islands *

Communications in the Marshall Islands This article is about communications systems in the Marshall Islands. In 2010, the Majuro and Kwajalein Atoll were connected to the Internet using the HANTRU-1 undersea communications cable to provide high-speed bandwidth. Faster Internet servic ...

Internet in the Marshall Islands This article is about communications systems in the Marshall Islands. In 2010, the Majuro and Kwajalein Atoll were connected to the Internet using the HANTRU-1 undersea communications cable to provide high-speed bandwidth. Faster Internet servic ...

* Companies of the Marshall Islands * Currency of the Marshall Islands: Dollar **

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: USD * Energy in the Marshall Islands ** Energy policy of the Marshall Islands ** Oil industry in the Marshall Islands * Mining in the Marshall Islands * Tourism in the Marshall Islands * Transport in the Marshall Islands * the Marshall Islands Stock Exchange

Education in the Marshall Islands

Infrastructure of the Marshall Islands

* Health care in the Marshall Islands * Transportation in the Marshall Islands **

Airports in the Marshall Islands This list of airports in Marshall Islands is sorted by location. For a list sorted by ICAO code, see List of airports by ICAO code: P#PK - Marshall Islands. List of airports {{Oceania in topic, List of airports in Marshall Islands Airports ...

** Rail transport in the Marshall Islands ** Roads in the Marshall Islands * Water supply and sanitation in the Marshall Islands

References

External links

; Government
Office of the President

Embassy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Washington, DC
official government site ; News
Marshall Islands Journal
Weekly independent national newspaper ; Overviews
CIA World Factbook - ''Marshall Islands''

Digital Micronesia - ''Marshalls''
by

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, Associate Professor in Cultural Heritage Management
Plants & Environments of the Marshall Islands
Book turned website by Dr. Mark Merlin of the University of Hawaii
Atomic Testing Information

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