Marshall Islands [the seventh smallest country in the world]

The Republic of the Marshall Islands is located in the central Pacific Ocean and consists of 34 islands, including 29 coral atolls and 5 islands. These islands form two parallel giant island chains, stretching over 750,000 square miles. of the central Pacific.

The Marshall Islands is the third smallest country in Oceania and the seventh smallest country in the world, with an area of ??181.3 square kilometers. The smallest country in Oceania is Nauru, and the second smallest country is Tuvalu.

The residents are mainly Micronesian, and most of them live on the two islands of Majuro and Kwajalein. They are divided into 9 ethnic groups by language. Most of the residents are Catholics. Marshallese is the official language and English is commonly used.

To the west is the archipelago country Federated States of Micronesia, and to the south is another archipelago country Kiribati. It consists of more than 1,200 large and small islands and reefs, distributed over an area of ??more than 2 million square kilometers, forming two chain-like island groups running from northwest to southeast. The island is divided into two parts, the Sunrise Islands in the southeast and the Sunset Islands in the northwest, about 208 kilometers apart. The vast majority of the population is concentrated in the capital and on the island of Kwajalein. The coastline is 370.4 kilometers long.

It has a tropical climate, with an average annual temperature of 27°C and an average annual rainfall of 3350 mm. The rainy season is from May to November, and the dry season is from December to April. About 3,200 kilometers southwest of Hawaii and about 2,100 kilometers southeast of Guam, there are the Latak Islands to the east and the Lalik Islands to the west.