Flag Description

blue with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner - orange (top) and white; a white star with four large rays and 20 small rays appears on the hoist side above the two stripes; blue represents the Pacific Ocean, the orange stripe signifies the Ralik Chain or sunset and courage, while the white stripe signifies the Ratak Chain or sunrise and peace; the star symbolizes the cross of Christianity, each of the 24 rays designates one of the electoral districts in the country and the four larger rays highlight the principal cultural centers of Majuro, Jaluit, Wotje, and Ebeye; the rising diagonal band can also be interpreted as representing the equator, with the star showing the archipelago's position just to the north

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 on some of the atolls between 1947 and 1962. The Marshall Islands hosts the US Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) Reagan Missile Test Site, a key installation in the US missile defense network.

Total Area: 181 sq km

Land Area:181 sq km

Water Area:0 sq km

Land Boundries Total:

Border Countries:

Coastline:370.4 km

Lowest Point:Pacific Ocean 0 m

Highest Point:unnamed location on Likiep 10 m

Population:70,983 (July 2014 est.)

Population Growth Rate:1.72% (2014 est.)

Religion:Protestant 54.8%, Assembly of God 25.8%, Roman Catholic 8.4%, Bukot nan Jesus 2.8%, Mormon 2.1%, other Christian 3.6%, other 1%, none 1.5% (1999 census)

Literacy(%):0.937

Literacy(%) Male:0.936

Literacy(%) Female:93.7% (1999)

Independence Day:21 October 1986 (from the US-administered UN trusteeship)

National Holiday:Constitution Day, 1 May (1979)

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