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| Independence Year : 1990 Population : 64000 Life Expectancy : 65.5 Capital : 2507 GNP : 97.00 GNP Old : 0.00 Local Name : Marshall Islands/Majol Government Form : Republic Location : Oceania, island chains of 29 low-lying coral atolls and 5 individual islands in the Western North Pacific Ocean. Terrain : low-lying coral atolls and five single islands. Climate : Tropical with a wet season from May to November. Ethnic Group : 90% Marshallese, 10% estimated U.S., Filipino, Chinese, New Zealander Religions : Christian, mostly Protestant Official Website :www.rmigovernment.org | 
Genral Information - Marshall Islands
Background
The Marshall Islands consists of 29 atolls and 5 individual islands totaling about 1,225 islands and 870 reef systems scattered over 750,000 square miles of the Central Pacific. 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. |
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