A History of the Marshall Islands
The fabulously elaborate history of The Republic Of The Marshall Islands.
The Marshall Islands are a series of mostly uninhabited islands located east of Indonesia, 2000 miles north of Australia. The islands resemble a circle and inside the circular series of cays, islets and atolls is somewhat of a lagoon/swamp. The politically correct name of these islands is: The Republic Of The Marshall Islands. Part of the reason this country is developing is because of the former atom and hydrogen bomb test sites during the 50’s (refer to article 3) located around the Bikini and Enewetak (refer to close up of isles) atolls, and that the population is still moving back in from the evacuation. Since these islands were steadily developing from 1986 (when it became one country) they required economic aid (over 1 billion)and still are a far cry from being without support from neighboring countries like the US, Indonesia and Australia.
These islands do not have any major topographical or geographical virtues that play a major role in peoples way of life. However this strip of islands borders the typhoon belt so they do sometimes come and the islands sometimes get ravaged by them occasionally. They have a wet season that goes from May to November and so many islands can be very arable after this season. It has an average tropical hot and humid climate. These islands are very open and outside of the wet season not much other than cacti, tough jungle plants and certain fruit trees (banana, pineapple, breadfruit, taro)grow. Crops are never planted during this time. The islands are open as noted before and the highest point is a mere 10 metres above sea level (unnamed point on Likiep isle).
The islands produce a wide variety of foods but is mostly subsistence agriculture, although some of the islands that are major mass fruit producers are on certain isles and they are displayed on the map accompanying the poster. All other items not manufactured or grown on the islands are imported and imports far exceed the exports.
Population Density & Distribution
My countries population is 450 670. This population is placed on the close up map enclosed on my poster. As you can see there is a legend. There is rural, urban, major farming islands and uninhabited isles. The map also displays where the major cities/ports are located and the atom and hydrogen bomb testing sites. Almost all the islands are uninhabited or 25-50people/mi2. These isles are inhabited mostly by some Indian tribes and just plainly 55-65 year old people yearning simple lives on small isles. Over 23000 people live in these areas. Almost all of the remaining population lives on the 4 major citys (refer to map for exact location) Ebeye, Majuro (capital), Kili and Knox. These islands have most if not almost all of the islands manufacturing and ports.
This is mainly because located north of these islands is a lagoon/swamp and those 4 islands with ports are the only islands that ships can enter safely. Those 4 cities mentioned in the latter sentences have 462 people/mi2 and as said before, hold the main manufacturers and port access. Because of this, other rural communities are getting less populated because the sons/daughters of the people who live in the rural communities are getting opportunities to get better education than their parents got and are moving to the major cities for good jobs. The women on these islands are encouraged to have babies because the birth rate has declined since the Nuclear Evacuation (refer to article 3) but are now steadily growing by 33 births/1000 people and are projected to have doubled population by 2028 making it roughly 900 000 for 2028.
Because of this, many doctors from other countries are encouraged to move to The Marshall Islands because since they are growing so fast, doctors are always needed now. Ebeye is a city of 14 square miles and its claim to fame is that its the city that is the most dense in the world, with a staggering 5900 people/mi2. This country is dense on some islands but has a beautiful untouched (only by some bombs) wilderness jungle on most.
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