STATE DEPARTMENT ISSUES BACKGROUND NOTE ON MARSHALL ISLANDS
July 01, 2008
July 01, 2008
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Electronic Affairs Publication Office issued the following Background Note:
Background Note: Marshall Islands
OFFICIAL NAME:
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Geography
Area: 181 sq. km. (about 70 sq. mi.) of land area scattered over 750,000 sq. mi. of the Western Pacific.
Cities: Capital-Majuro (pop. 25,000 in 2005). Other t . . .
Background Note: Marshall Islands
OFFICIAL NAME:
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Geography
Area: 181 sq. km. (about 70 sq. mi.) of land area scattered over 750,000 sq. mi. of the Western Pacific.
Cities: Capital-Majuro (pop. 25,000 in 2005). Other t . . .