location--129.json

{
    "id": "location--129",
    "name": "Marshall Islands",
    "background": "After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association. Compensation claims continue as a result of US nuclear testing conducted on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962 (67 tests total). The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network. Kwajalein also hosts one of four dedicated ground antennas that assist in the operation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation system (the others are at Cape Canaveral, Florida (US), on Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha), and at Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)).",
    "coordinates": "9 00 N, 168 00 E",
    "region": "Oceania",
    "total_area": "181 sq km",
    "land_area": "181 sq km",
    "water_area": "0 sq km",
    "land_boundary": "0 km",
    "neighbors": "Unknown",
    "climate": "tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt",
    "coastline": "370.4 km",
    "natural_hazards": [
        "infrequent typhoons"
    ],
    "terrain": "low coral limestone and sand islands",
    "population_distribution": "most people live in urban clusters found on many of the country's islands; more than two-thirds of the population lives on the atolls of Majuro and Ebeye",
    "natural_resources": [
        "coconut products",
        "marine products",
        "deep seabed minerals"
    ],
    "population": "77,917",
    "nationality": "Marshallese (singular and plural)",
    "ethnic_groups": {
        "Marshallese": "92.1%",
        "mixed Marshallese": "5.9%",
        "other": "2%"
    },
    "languages": {
        "Marshallese (official)": "98.2%",
        "other languages": "1.8%"
    },
    "religions": {
        "Protestant": "80.5%",
        "Roman Catholic": "8.5%",
        "Mormon": "7%",
        "Jehovah's Witness": "1.7%",
        "other": "1.2%",
        "none": "1.1%"
    },
    "government_type": "mixed presidential-parliamentary system in free association with the US",
    "national_symbol": "a 24-rayed star",
    "national_colors": [
        "blue",
        "white",
        "orange"
    ],
    "gdp": "$0.222 billion",
    "agriculture": [
        "coconuts",
        "tomatoes",
        "melons",
        "taro",
        "breadfruit",
        "fruits",
        "pigs",
        "chickens"
    ],
    "industries": [
        "copra",
        "tuna processing",
        "tourism",
        "craft items (from seashells, wood, and pearls)"
    ],
    "exports": [
        "copra cake",
        "coconut oil",
        "handicrafts",
        "fish"
    ],
    "imports": [
        "foodstuffs",
        "machinery and equipment",
        "fuels",
        "beverages",
        "tobacco"
    ],
    "broadband_subscriptions": "1,000",
    "internet_users": "29,290",
    "mobile_subscriptions": "16,000",
    "internet_country_code": ".mh",
    "military_and_security_forces": "no regular military forces; Marshall Islands Police Department",
    "percent_GDP_on_military": "Unknown",
    "pipelines": [
        "Unknown"
    ],
    "ports_and_terminals": {
        "major seaport(s)": "Enitwetak Island, Kwajalein, Majuro"
    },
    "waterways": "Unknown",
    "number_of_airports": "15",
    "international_disputes": "claims US territory of Wake Island",
    "terrorism": "None/Unknown"
}