Marshall Islands Travel Overview
Important facts
Capital: Uliga (See more on SIMPLYYELLOWPAGES.COM)
Official language: English
Currency: Dollar 1USD = 0.91EUR
Continent: Australia and Oceania-Australia-Oceania
The land between sunrise and sunset
The Marshall Islands are not known to many people in Europe. In the Pacific they are a world of their own due to their sheer size.
Location
According to Countryaah, the Marshall Islands are located in the southern Pacific and belong to the Micronesia region. They consist of two parallel chain of islands: the Ratak (sunrise) chain in the east consists of 15 atolls and islands, and the Ralik (sunset) island chain in the west consists of 16 atolls and islands.
Pacific region
The entire area of the Marshall Islands extends over 1,900,000 km² in the central Pacific and includes more than 1000 islands and islets. Most of these islands are uninhabited, which was also recently related to the atomic bomb tests. However, according to the last measurements, the level of radioactivity is no longer dangerous for humans.
Politically there is a free association with the USA, from which the islands receive essential food supplies.
Vacation in Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands are not yet developed for tourism, but they are a wonderful place to simply relax on the beach. The area is particularly attractive for divers, because in addition to natural beauties in the reefs, spectacular wrecks can also be dived in the area.
Useful information
Did you know that the first major ethnological research took place in the Marshall Islands? During the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian national Bronislaw Malinowski was interned by the British on the Trobriand Islands, where the studied philosopher lived for two years with the local population and thus established the participant observation. This method is still the core of social anthropological research today.
Currency
Currency (sub-unit)
Dollars (100 cents)
ISO 4217 code
USD / 840
Geography
Continent: Australia-Oceania
Region: Australia and Oceania
Geo coordinates: N 7 ° 7 ‘53.3 ” E 171 ° 15’ 60″
Highest mountain: unnamed (10 m)
Total area: 181 km²
Mainland: 181 km²
Coastline: 370 km
Politics
Dependency: United States of America until 1986
UN member since: 1991
Economy
Export goods: Coconut oil
Economic growth: 1.2%
Cultivation area: 55.55%
Demographic data
Residents: 60,500
Residents in cities: 41,400
Average age: 20.3 years
0-14 years: 38.1%
15-64 years: 59.2%
> 65 years: 2.7%
Population growth: 2.25%
Birth rate: 33.05 / 1,000 residents
Death rate: 4.78 / 1,000 residents
Migration: -5.78 / 1,000 residents
Ratio men / women: 1.04
Fertility: 3.85 children / woman
Infant mortality: 28.43 ‰
Life expectancy men: 68.33 years
Life expectancy women: 72.39 years
Country codes and abbreviations
ISO 3166 Alpha 2: MH
ISO 3166 Alpha 3: MHL
ISO 3166 numeric: 584
Top Level Domain: mh
IOC country code: MHL
UN / LOCODE: MH
Source: Abbreviationfinder
Transportation
Merchant fleet (ships over 1,000 GRT): 795
Health
Number of doctors: 40
Daily food intake: 2,690 kcal / resident
Education
Illiteracy: 6%
History
Foundation: 1986
Last sovereign since: 1986
Religion
Main religious group: Christians