Marshall Islands
Location:
Marshall Islands situated in Oceania is an amazing archipelago composed by approximately 900 islands (atolls), grouped in two chains of islands, Ratak chain and Ralik chain in the Pacific Ocean between the Federated States of Micronesia and the American state Hawaii.
Area/Surface:
181 km²
Population:
70.000 people
Capital:
Majuro 27.000 people
Currency:
U.S. Dollar
Languages spoken:
English, Marshallese
Religion:
Roman-Catholic, Protestant
Government form:
Republic, Democracy
Time zone:
+12 hours Greenwich time
Cars:
MH
Calling code:
+692
Marshall Islands
Islands, climate and agriculture from the Islands of Marshall:
These islands are composed from coral atolls extended on a distance of 1.300 km and the medium elevation doesn’t exceed several m height. The largest coral atolls are Majuro, Kwajalein, Bikini, Sibylla and Enewetak. Before the U.S. colonization, this archipelago was under Spanish and German domination and finally obtained its independence from the United States of America at 21 October 1986. The climate is tropical hot and humid with a high rainfall in the rainy season that lasts between May and November and a lower rainfall in the dry season that lasts between December and April. (Find more journeys on blog.worldlifetimejourneys.com) The fishing, tourism and agriculture are main activities for the inhabitants and they cultivate for their own living bananas, coco trees, bread trees, taro, melons and tomatoes. On few of these islands were tested nuclear bombs after the 2nd World War. Visit Marshall Islands!
Usual landscape from this tourist heaven called Marshall Islands
