MARSHALL ISLANDS

The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island.

Location

Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia.

Capital

Majuro

Climate

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

Language

Marshallese 98.2%, other languages 1.8%

Monetary Unit

US dollar (USD)