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9 00 N, 168 00 E
Regional Information

Oceania, two archipelagic island chains of 29 atolls, each made up of many small islets, and five single islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia

Capital City

Majuro
Regional Relationships

claims US territory of Wake Island
Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements

Challenges

Inadequate supplies of potable water; pollution of Majuro lagoon from household waste and discharges from fishing vessels

International Agreements

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Humanitarian Projects
Native Languages

Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census) note: English (official), widely spoken as a second language
Climate

Tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt