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Marshall Islands
Quick Facts
Region:
Australia and the South Pacific
Full Name:
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Capital City:
Majuro
Language Spoken:
Marshallese 98.2%,
other languages 1.8% (1999 census) note: English widely spoken as a second language; both Marshallese and English are official languages
Personnel risk: LOW
Evacuation risk: LOW
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 atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.