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    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 on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962.
    The Marshall Islands have been home to the US Army Base Kwajalein (USAKA) since 1964.
-- The CIA World Factbook: Marshall Islands

Area of Marshall Islands: 181.3 sq km
about the size of Washington, DC

Population of Marshall Islands: 57,738
July 2004 estimate

Languages of Marshall Islands:
English, Marshallese both official
Marshallese, from the Malayo-Polynesian family, has two major dialects
Japanese

Marshall Islands Capital: Majuro

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