Marshall Islands - 马绍尔群岛

Marshall Islands, The official name isRepublic of the Marshall Islands, Is an island country located in the North Pacific Ocean. The Marshall Islands isMicronesiaPart of the island group, with a land area of ​​181 square kilometers and a population of 68,480 people, is scattered on 34 coral atolls composed of 1,156 islands. The areas adjacent to it at sea are in the north.Wake Island,southernNauru,WesternFederated States of MicronesiaAnd southeastKiribati. The most populous atoll isMajuro, Is also the capital of the Marshall Islands.

Around two millennia BC, the Micronesians settled in the Marshall Islands one after another. They sailed between the islands with the help of floating nets woven from wooden sticks. Europeans discovered the Marshall Islands in the 1620s,SpainExplorer Alonso Salazar saw this atoll at sea in August 1526. Then other Spain andUKExplorers have also discovered this island one after another. The name of the Marshall Islands comes from the British explorer John Marshall. In 1874, the Marshall Islands became part of the Spanish East Indies. These islands were sold toGermany, And became part of German New Guinea in 1885.JapanIn the First World War, the Marshall Islands were occupied and officially handed over to Japan by the League of Nations in 1919. The Marshall Islands were therefore under the jurisdiction of the Nanyang Department of Japan. During the Second World War,U.SOccupied the islands in the Battle of Gilbert and the Marshall Islands. After the war, the Marshall Islands, along with the other Pacific Islands, came under the jurisdiction of the Pacific Islands Trust Territory under US administration. The Marshall Islands achieved autonomy in 1979, and in 1986 signed the "Free Association Agreement" with the United States to obtain independent sovereignty.

The Marshall Islands is a presidential republic and has a free association relationship with the United States. The United States provides defense, funding, and social services for the Marshall Islands. Due to the lack of natural resources on the island, the Marshall Islands' economy depends on the service industry and part of fisheries and agriculture. A large part of its gross domestic product comes from aid from the United States. The Marshall Islands uses the U.S. dollar as its currency. Most citizens of the Marshall Islands are of Marshallese descent, and a small number of immigrants come from the Philippines and other Pacific islands. The two official languages ​​of the Marshall Islands are Marshallese and English. Almost all people believe in religion, and about three-quarters of them join the United Christian Church-the Congregational Church of the Marshall Islands (UCCCMI) or the Assemblies of God.

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history

In 1885, Germany occupied the Marshall Islands and was under the protection of German New Guinea. It was occupied by Japan during World War I and then under Japanese trusteeship. In 1944, the United States captured the Marshall Islands. After the war, the United Nations was commissioned by the United States to become one of the Pacific Islands trustees. Between 1946 and 1968, the United States established the Pacific Test Site and conducted as many as 66 nuclear test explosions on the Marshall Islands. In 1979, the Marshall Islands rejected the referendum on the "Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia", establishing an autonomous government and preparing for the founding of the nation. In 1986, it signed the "Free Association Treaty" with the United States and declared independence on October 21 of the same year. In 1991, the United Nations terminated the trusteeship of the United States and accepted the Republic of the Marshall Islands as a member state.

geography

There are a total of 29 atolls and 5 remote islands in the Marshall Islands, which are geographically divided into the Latak (sunrise) island chain in the east and the Lalique (sunset) island chain in the west. Two-thirds of the country’s population live on the islands of Majuro and Ebeye.

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The Marshall Islands includes 29 atolls and 5 isolated islands, of which 24 are inhabited. These can be divided into two island chains to introduce:

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• Majuro
• Guagarin atoll
• Ibai

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Most Marshallese speak Marshallese and English. An important word in Marshallese is "yokwe", which is similar to the Hawaiian "aloha", meaning "hello", "goodbye" and "love".

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