Editing Majuro

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'''Majuro''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|æ|dʒ|ər|oʊ}}; [[Marshallese language|Marshallese]]: ''{{lang|mh|Mājro}}'' {{IPAc-mh|majr&w}}<ref name="es7AM">{{cite web|url=http://www.trussel2.com/MOD/LocM.htm#M%C4%81jro|title=M|work=trussel2.com|access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>) is the [[Capital city|capital]] and largest city of the [[Marshall Islands]]. It is also a large [[coral atoll]] of 64 islands in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. It forms a [[legislative district]] of the [[Ratak Chain|Ratak (Sunrise) Chain]] of the Marshall Islands. The atoll has a land area of {{convert|9.7|km2|sqmi|sp=us}} and encloses a lagoon of {{convert|295|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}. As with other atolls in the Marshall Islands, Majuro consists of narrow land masses. It has a [[tropical trade wind climate]], with an average temperature of {{convert|27|°C|0}}.

Majuro has been inhabited by humans for at least 2,000 years and was first settled by the [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian]] ancestors of the modern day [[Marshallese people]]. Majuro was the site of a Protestant mission and several [[copra]] trading stations in the 1870s, before the [[German Empire]] annexed the atoll as part of the German Protectorate of the Marshall Islands in 1885. The city was later under Japanese and American administration. After the Marshall Islands broke away from the [[Federated States of Micronesia]] in 1978 to form the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Majuro became the new country's capital and meeting place of the [[Nitijeļā]], supplanting the former capital of [[Jaluit]].

The main population center, [[Delap-Uliga-Djarrit]] (DUD), is made up of three contiguous [[motu (geography)|motus]] and had a population of 23,156 people at the 2021 census. Majuro has a port, shopping district, and various hotels. Majuro has [[Marshall Islands International Airport|an international airport]] with scheduled international flights to Hawaii, the Federated States of Micronesia, [[Kiribati]], [[Guam]], [[Nauru]], and flights to domestic destinations around the country.<ref name="bFY62">{{cite web|title=Majuro Marshall Islands International Airport (MAJ) Routes - Destinations {{!}} Airportia|url=https://www.airportia.com/marshall-islands/marshall-islands-international-airport/routes/|access-date=2020-10-20 |df=mdy-all|website=www.airportia.com|language=en}}</ref> Its economy is primarily [[Service Sector|service sector]]-dominated.

==Geography==
[[File:Majuro_Atoll-USA-P-Gilberts-15.jpg|thumb|left|Schematic overview of Majuro]]
Majuro Atoll consists of over 60 islands, three of which are larger than {{convert|0.5|km2|mi2|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Spennemann |first1=Dirk H. R. |title=Nontraditional settlement patterns and typhoon hazard on contemporary Majuro atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands |journal=Environmental Management |date=May 1, 1996 |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=337–348 |doi=10.1007/BF01203842 |pmid=8661601 |bibcode=1996EnMan..20..337S |s2cid=24186925 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/14538480 |access-date=September 13, 2023 |issn=1432-1009}}</ref> At the western end of the atoll, about {{convert|30|mi|order=flip|sigfig=1|sp=us}} from [[Delap-Uliga-Djarrit]] (DUD) by road, is the island community of [[Laura, Marshall Islands|Laura]], an expanding residential area with a popular beach.<ref name="jcCQU">{{cite book |title=Capital cities around the world : an encyclopedia of geography, history, and culture |last=Cybriwsky |first=Roman A.|isbn=9781610692489|location=Santa Barbara, California|publisher=ABC-CLIO|oclc=862077105 |date=2013-05-23 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Laura has the highest elevation point on the atoll, estimated at less than {{convert|3|m|0|abbr=off|sp=us}} [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]].<ref name="PBift">{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/item/59557881e4b04e08be532c9a|title=One Meter Topobathymetric Digital Elevation Model for Majuro Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1944 to 2016 - ScienceBase-Catalog|website=www.sciencebase.gov|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-15 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> [[Djarrit]] is mostly residential.<ref name=":0" />

=== Climate ===
Being slightly north of the [[Equator]], Majuro has a [[tropical rainforest climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Af]]) but not an [[equatorial climate]] because [[trade wind]]s are prevailing throughout the year though they are frequently interrupted during the summer months by the movement of the [[Intertropical Convergence Zone]] across the area.<ref name="25Nma">{{cite web |title=CHAPTER TWO—PACIFIC ISLANDS REGION |url=https://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/misc/PacificClimateAssessment02PacificIslands.pdf |website=www.eastwestcenter.org |access-date=2019-04-04 |archive-date=2011-11-07 |df=mdy-all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107215301/https://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/misc/PacificClimateAssessment02PacificIslands.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[cyclone|Typhoon]]s are rare. Temperatures are extremely consistent throughout the course of the year with average temperatures around {{convert|27|°C|0}}. The hottest month is only 0.4 degree Celsius hotter than the coldest month. Very rarely does the temperature fall below {{convert|21|°C|0}}.<ref name=":0" /> Majuro sees roughly {{convert|3200|mm|0|sp=us}} of precipitation annually, with fall (Sep - Nov) being both the hottest and the rainiest season.

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|location = Majuro ([[Marshall Islands International Airport]]) 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1955–present
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|Jan record high F = 92
|Feb record high F = 91
|Mar record high F = 90
|Apr record high F = 90
|May record high F = 90
|Jun record high F = 92
|Jul record high F = 96
|Aug record high F = 94
|Sep record high F = 90
|Oct record high F = 93
|Nov record high F = 93
|Dec record high F = 91
|year record high F = 96
|Jan avg record high F = 87.7
|Feb avg record high F = 88.0
|Mar avg record high F = 88.1
|Apr avg record high F = 88.0
|May avg record high F = 88.5
|Jun avg record high F = 88.5
|Jul avg record high F = 88.8
|Aug avg record high F = 88.8
|Sep avg record high F = 89.1
|Oct avg record high F = 89.2
|Nov avg record high F = 89.0
|Dec avg record high F = 88.2
|year avg record high F = 90.0
|Jan high F = 85.7
|Feb high F = 85.9
|Mar high F = 86.0
|Apr high F = 86.1
|May high F = 86.3
|Jun high F = 86.3
|Jul high F = 86.6
|Aug high F = 86.7
|Sep high F = 86.9
|Oct high F = 86.8
|Dec high F = 86.5
|Nov high F = 86.0
|year high F = 86.3
|Jan mean F = 81.9
|Feb mean F = 82.0
|Mar mean F = 82.2
|Apr mean F = 82.2
|May mean F = 82.4
|Jun mean F = 82.2
|Jul mean F = 82.4
|Aug mean F = 82.5
|Sep mean F = 82.6
|Oct mean F = 82.5
|Nov mean F = 82.3
|Dec mean F = 82.2
|year mean F = 82.3
|Jan low F = 78.1
|Feb low F = 78.0
|Mar low F = 78.3
|Apr low F = 78.3
|May low F = 78.4
|Jun low F = 78.1
|Jul low F = 78.2
|Aug low F = 78.3
|Sep low F = 78.3
|Oct low F = 78.2
|Nov low F = 78.1
|Dec low F = 78.3
|year low F = 78.2
|Jan avg record low F = 74.9
|Feb avg record low F = 74.5
|Mar avg record low F = 74.8
|Apr avg record low F = 74.9
|May avg record low F = 75.0
|Jun avg record low F = 75.0
|Jul avg record low F = 74.9
|Aug avg record low F = 74.8
|Sep avg record low F = 74.6
|Oct avg record low F = 74.6
|Nov avg record low F = 74.4
|Dec avg record low F = 74.8
|year avg record low F = 72.6
|Jan record low F = 69
|Feb record low F = 70
|Mar record low F = 70
|Apr record low F = 70
|May record low F = 70
|Jun record low F = 70
|Jul record low F = 70
|Aug record low F = 71
|Sep record low F = 70
|Oct record low F = 70
|Nov record low F = 68
|Dec record low F = 70
|year record low F = 68
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|Jan precipitation inch = 8.24
|Feb precipitation inch = 7.62
|Mar precipitation inch = 8.65
|Apr precipitation inch = 11.12
|May precipitation inch = 10.71
|Jun precipitation inch = 11.10
|Jul precipitation inch = 10.96
|Aug precipitation inch = 11.18
|Sep precipitation inch = 12.60
|Oct precipitation inch = 13.79
|Nov precipitation inch = 13.41
|Dec precipitation inch = 11.88
|year precipitation inch = 131.26
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 19.6
|Feb precipitation days = 16.7
|Mar precipitation days = 18.1
|Apr precipitation days = 19.3
|May precipitation days = 23.0
|Jun precipitation days = 22.9
|Jul precipitation days = 24.1
|Aug precipitation days = 22.6
|Sep precipitation days = 22.6
|Oct precipitation days = 23.9
|Nov precipitation days = 23.2
|Dec precipitation days = 22.6
|year precipitation days = 258.6
|Jan humidity = 77.7
|Feb humidity = 77.1
|Mar humidity = 79.0
|Apr humidity = 80.7
|May humidity = 81.9
|Jun humidity = 81.1
|Jul humidity = 80.5
|Aug humidity = 79.3
|Sep humidity = 79.4
|Oct humidity = 79.4
|Nov humidity = 79.9
|Dec humidity = 79.7
|year humidity = 79.6
|Jan sun = 224.4
|Feb sun = 218.6
|Mar sun = 252.8
|Apr sun = 219.4
|May sun = 224.8
|Jun sun = 210.8
|Jul sun = 217.0
|Aug sun = 232.2
|Sep sun = 217.8
|Oct sun = 205.4
|Nov sun = 191.4
|Dec sun = 197.4
|year sun = 2612.0
|Jan percentsun = 61
|Feb percentsun = 66
|Mar percentsun = 67
|Apr percentsun = 60
|May percentsun = 58
|Jun percentsun = 56
|Jul percentsun = 56
|Aug percentsun = 61
|Sep percentsun = 60
|Oct percentsun = 55
|Nov percentsun = 54
|Dec percentsun = 54
|year percentsun = 59
|Jan dew point C = 22.9
|Feb dew point C = 23.0
|Mar dew point C = 23.4
|Apr dew point C = 23.7
|May dew point C = 24.2
|Jun dew point C = 23.9
|Jul dew point C = 23.8
|Aug dew point C = 23.7
|Sep dew point C = 23.7
|Oct dew point C = 23.7
|Nov dew point C = 23.8
|Dec dew point C = 23.6
|year dew point F = 
|source 1 = [[NOAA]] (relative humidity, dew points and sun 1961–1990)<ref name= NOAA>
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==History==
[[File:King Jibberick of Majuro(GN00315) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Iroij Jebrik]]

[[File:Lagoon side with native dwellings - Majuro.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Lagoon side with native dwellings]]
The atoll has been inhabited for at least 2,000 years<ref name="y3q59">{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/naturalhistoryof02deva|title=The Natural history of Enewetak Atoll|work=Internet Archive|access-date=May 29, 2015|publisher=Oak Ridge, Tenn. : U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Energy Research, Office of Health and Environmental Research, Ecological Research Division|year=1987}}</ref> by [[Austronesian peoples|Austronesian]] peoples, including the ancestors of modern-day [[Marshallese people|Marshallese]] residents. Archaeological excavations of [[earth oven|''um'' earth ovens]] at the [[Laura, Marshall Islands|Laura village]] on Majuro suggest habitation around the 1st century AD with a [[radiocarbon dating]] range of 93 BC to 127 AD.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Weisler |first1=Marshall I. |date=2000 |title=Burial Artifacts from the Marshall Islands: Description, Dating and Evidence for Extra-archipelago Contacts |url=https://micronesica.org/sites/default/files/6_weisler111.pdf |journal=Micronesica |volume=33 |issue=1/2 |pages=114 |doi= |access-date=August 6, 2023}}</ref>

Protestant missionaries of the [[American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions]] established a church and school on atoll in 1869.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hezel |first=Francis X. |date=1983 |title=The First Taint of Civilization: A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-colonial Days, 1521–1885 |series=Pacific Islands Monograph Series |location=Honolulu |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |page=209 |isbn=9780824816438}}</ref> By 1876, agents of the firms Capelle & Co., [[Hernsheim & Co]]., and Thomas Farrell were engaged in the [[copra]] trade on Majuro.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hezel |first=Francis X. |date=1983 |title=The First Taint of Civilization: A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-colonial Days, 1521–1885 |series=Pacific Islands Monograph Series |location=Honolulu |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |pages=217–219 |isbn=9780824816438}}</ref> After buying out Thomas Farrell's interests in 1877, New Zealand-based copra firm Henderson & Macfarlane had its regional headquarters on Majuro.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hezel |first=Francis X. |date=1983 |title=The First Taint of Civilization: A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-colonial Days, 1521–1885 |series=Pacific Islands Monograph Series |location=Honolulu |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |page=304 |isbn=9780824816438}}</ref>

Rival iroij Jebrik and Rimi fought waged war against each other for several years in the late 1870s and 1880s. Their uncle Lerok, the previous [[iroijlaplap]] of Majuro had wanted them to divide the atoll between them when he died, but Jebrik began a war for sole control. At least 10 islanders died in the conflict; the destruction of trees and crops caused a serious food shortage; and a slowdown in copra production caused Jebrik to take on debt  for his war effort. In 1883, [[Cyprian Bridge]] of the passing British warship {{HMS|Espiegle|1880|6}} mediated a peace treaty. The fighting never resumed, but when {{HMS|Dart|1882|6}} passed Majuro in 1884, Rimi was trying to persuade the iroij of [[Aur Atoll]] to join him in an attack on Jebrik. The British commander mediated peace and warned the iroij of Aur to stay out of the conflict. The commander of the ''Dart'' threatened to fine copra traders who had been selling weapons to the islanders, but some traders continued selling weapons in spite of the prohibition, and the residents of Majuro refused to give up their firearms after the war between Jebrik and Rimi ended, because they feared invasion by neighboring islanders.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hezel |first=Francis X. |date=1983 |title=The First Taint of Civilization: A History of the Caroline and Marshall Islands in Pre-colonial Days, 1521–1885 |series=Pacific Islands Monograph Series |location=Honolulu |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |pages=294–298 |isbn=9780824816438}}</ref>

The [[German Empire]] claimed Majuro Atoll as part of the German Protectorate of the [[Marshall Islands]] in 1885.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hezel |first=Francis X. |date=2003 |title=Strangers in Their Own Land: A Century of Colonial Rule in the Caroline and Marshall Islands |series=Pacific Islands Monograph Series |location=Honolulu |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |page=45 |isbn=9780824828042}}</ref> As with the rest of the Marshalls, Majuro was captured by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] in 1914 during [[World War I]] and mandated to the [[Empire of Japan]] by the [[League of Nations]] in 1920. The island then became a part of the Japanese mandated territory of the [[South Seas Mandate]]; although the Japanese had established a government in the Mandate, local affairs were mostly left in the hands of traditional local leaders until the start of World War II.
[[Image:US fleet at Majuro Atoll 1944.jpg|thumb|right|The [[United States Fifth Fleet|Fifth Fleet]] at anchor at Majuro, 1944]]
On January 30, 1944, United States Armed Forces invaded, but found that Japanese forces had evacuated their fortifications to [[Kwajalein]] and [[Enewetak]] about a year earlier. A single Japanese [[warrant officer]] had been left as a caretaker. With his capture, the islands were secured. This gave the U.S. Navy use of one of the largest [[Anchorage (maritime)|anchorage]]s in the [[Central Pacific Area|Central Pacific]]. The lagoon became a large forward naval base, [[Naval Base Majuro]], and was the largest and most active port in the world until the war moved westward when it was supplanted by [[Ulithi]] ([[Yap]], [[Federated States of Micronesia]]).<ref name="pLtTV">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/eastman/eastman.htm|title=Eastern Mandates|work=army.mil|access-date=May 29, 2015|archive-date=September 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922190356/http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/eastman/eastman.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Following World War II, Majuro came under the control of the United States as part of the [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]]. After the Marshall Islands broke away from the Federated States of Micronesia in 1978 to form the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Majuro became the new country's capital and meeting place of the [[Nitijeļā]], the legislature of the Marshall Islands.<ref name="gIaGy">{{cite web|title=History of the Nitijela|url=https://rmiparliament.org/cms/about/history-of-the-nitijela.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095759/https://rmiparliament.org/cms/about/history-of-the-nitijela.html|archive-date=2019-02-02|access-date=2020-09-04 |df=mdy-all|website=[[Nitijela]]|publisher=[[Republic of the Marshall Islands]]}}</ref> It supplanted [[Jaluit Atoll]] as the [[administrative center]] of the Marshall Islands, a status that it retains after the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986 under a [[Compact of Free Association]].<ref name="Aus-O" />

The island was also the site of the [[Majuro Declaration]], a declaration by the [[Pacific Islands Forum]]  signed on September 5, 2013, to make a unified action on climate change adaptation and international aid.<ref name="SPF050913">{{cite web|date=September 5, 2013|title=Forum Communiqué: Forty-Fourth Pacific Islands Forum, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands (PIFS(13))|url=http://pacificpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013_Forum_Communique.pdf|work=Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat|access-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref>

==Demographics==
The major population centers are the D–U–D communities: the islets of [[Delap]]–[[Uliga]]–[[Djarrit]] (listed from south to north, on the eastern edge of the atoll).<ref name="Aus-O" /> Majuro had a population of 23,156 at the 2021 census.<ref name="2021census">{{cite web |url=https://spccfpstore1.blob.core.windows.net/digitallibrary-docs/files/60/605c69d76a40195baa447b5a558b0e02.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=GbQ42ZYNKrH3g389jZn7DvHUO8ObwYrFpnxIeXiRSU0%3D&se=2024-03-25T18%3A07%3A37Z&sp=r&rscc=public%2C%20max-age%3D864000%2C%20max-stale%3D86400&rsct=application%2Fpdf&rscd=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22Marshall_Islands_2021_Census_Vol1_Table_report.pdf%22 |title=Republic of the Marshall Islands 2021 Census Report, Volume 1: Basic Tables and Administrative Report |date=May 30, 2023 |website=Pacific Community (SPC): Statistics for Development Division |publisher=[[Pacific Community]] |access-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927183142/https://spccfpstore1.blob.core.windows.net/digitallibrary-docs/files/60/605c69d76a40195baa447b5a558b0e02.pdf?sv=2015-12-11&sr=b&sig=GbQ42ZYNKrH3g389jZn7DvHUO8ObwYrFpnxIeXiRSU0%3D&se=2024-03-25T18:07:37Z&sp=r&rscc=public,%20max-age%3D864000,%20max-stale%3D86400&rsct=application/pdf&rscd=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22Marshall_Islands_2021_Census_Vol1_Table_report.pdf%22 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Religion===
Most of the population is Christian.<ref name="state-depart" /> The majority are [[Protestantism|Protestant]] and follow the [[United Church of Christ]] (47%), [[Assembly of God]] (16%) and others such as Bukot Nan Jesus (5%), [[Full Gospel]] (3%), Reformed Congressional Church (3%), the [[Salvation Army]] (2%), [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh-Day Adventist]] (1%), and Meram in Jesus (1%).<ref name="Aus-O" /> 8% of the population are [[Catholicism|Catholic]], with the [[Cathedral of the Assumption, Majuro|Cathedral of the Assumption]] of the [[Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands]] located in Majuro.<ref name="Aus-O" /><ref name="ZK1N0">{{cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/oceania/1549.htm|title=Cathedral of the Assumption|publisher=GCatholic.org|access-date=2013-01-15 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Islamic influence has been increasing. There are a sizable number of [[Ahmadiyya|Ahmadi]] Muslims.<ref name=":0" /> The first mosque opened in Majuro in September 2012.<ref name="RyYJe">[http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=71088 First Mosque opens up in Marshall Islands] by Radio New Zealand International, September 21, 2012</ref>

There are also [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|LDS]] churches, [[Baptists|Baptist]] churches, and [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].<ref name="Aus-O" /><ref name=":1" />

===Ethnic composition===
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Ethnicity'''<ref>Although some of these labels do not refer to ethnic groups in the strict sense, this is the way ethnicity is defined in Marshallese census reports. It is not the same category as citizenship which is covered in a separate set of tables.</ref>
!Number (2021)<ref>{{cite web|title = Marshall Islands 2021 Census Report Basic Tables|website = Statistics for Development Division|url = https://sdd.spc.int/news/2023/05/30/marshall-islands-2021-census-report-basic-tables|date = 2023-05-30}}</ref>
!Percentage
|-
 |[[Marshallese people|Marshallese]]
 | style="text-align:center" | 21,359
 | style="text-align:center" | 93.4%
 |-
 |[[Filipinos|Filipino]]
 | style="text-align:center" | 375
 | style="text-align:center" | 1.6%
 |-
 |[[I-Kiribati]]
 | style="text-align:center" | 278
 | style="text-align:center" | 1.2%
 |-
 |[[Americans|American]]
 | style="text-align:center" | 227
 | style="text-align:center" | 1.0%
 |-
 |[[Fijians|Fijian]]
 | style="text-align:center" | 161
 | style="text-align:center" | 0.7%
 |-
 |[[Chinese people|Chinese]]<ref>The figure for Marshall Islands residents of Chinese ethnicity includes those labeled as "China, PRC" and "Taiwan, ROC".</ref>
 | style="text-align:center" | 119
 | style="text-align:center" | 0.5%
 |-
 |[[Micronesians|Micronesian]]
 | style="text-align:center" | 79
 | style="text-align:center" | 0.4%
 |-
 |[[Demographics of Tuvalu|Tuvaluan]]
 | style="text-align:center" | 78
 | style="text-align:center" | 0.3%
 |-
 |[[Demographics of Solomon Islands|Solomon Islander]]
 | style="text-align:center" | 40
 | style="text-align:center" | 0.2%
 |-
 |[[Japanese people|Japanese]]
 | style="text-align:center" | 30
 | style="text-align:center" | 0.1%
 |-
 |Other
 | style="text-align:center" | 127
 | style="text-align:center" | 0.6%
 |-
 |'''Total'''
 | style="text-align:center" |'''22,873'''
 | style="text-align:center" |'''100%'''
|}

==Economy==
[[File:Air Marshall Islands office in Majuro.jpg|left|200 px|thumb|Air Marshall Islands Headquarters in Majuro]]

Majuro's economy is driven by the [[Service Sector|service sector]],<ref name="state-depart" /> which composed 86% of the GDP in 2011.<ref name="Aus-O" />

On September 15, 2007, Witon Barry, of the Tobolar Copra processing plant in the Marshall Islands' capital of Majuro, said power authorities, private companies and entrepreneurs had been experimenting with [[coconut oil]] as an alternative to [[diesel fuel]] for vehicles, power generators, and ships. Coconut trees abound in the Pacific's tropical islands. [[Copra]] from 6 to 10 coconuts makes 1 litre of oil.<ref name="lwRtV">{{cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwlwgv6YIwatWfk9HEp0bSjAiV-Q |title=Pacific Islands look to coconut power to fuel future growth |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113002923/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iwlwgv6YIwatWfk9HEp0bSjAiV-Q |archive-date=2008-01-13 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[Air Marshall Islands]] has its headquarters in Majuro.<ref name="0cFZk">"[http://www.airmarshallislands.com/contactus.htm Contact Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100328132014/http://www.airmarshallislands.com/contactus.htm |date=2010-03-28 |df=mdy-all}}." [[Air Marshall Islands]]. Retrieved October 6, 2010. "Headquarters P.O. Box 1319 Majuro, MH 96960."</ref>

==Education==
===Colleges and universities===
[[File:US Navy 090914-N-9689V-001 tudents at the Majuro Cooperative School raise the Republic of Marshall Islands flag at a flag raising ceremony during a Pacific Partnership 2009 community service project.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Students at the Majuro Cooperative School raise the Republic of the Marshall Islands flag at a ceremony during a Pacific Partnership 2009 community service project]]

The [[College of the Marshall Islands]] is located in Uliga. The [[University of South Pacific]] has a presence on Majuro.<ref name="state-depart" />

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[Marshall Islands Public School System]] operates public schools.

High schools:<ref name="e9o1l">"[http://pss.edu.mh/en/division/ss Secondary Schools Division ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221153225/http://pss.edu.mh/en/division/ss |date=2018-02-21 |df=mdy-all}}." [[Marshall Islands Public School System]]. Retrieved February 21, 2018.</ref>
* The [[Marshall Islands High School]] is near the north end of Majuro.
* [[Laura High School]] 
* Life Skills Academy

Primary schools:<ref name="wMom9">"[http://pss.edu.mh/en/public-schools Public Schools ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221144020/http://pss.edu.mh/en/public-schools |date=2018-02-21 |df=mdy-all}}." [[Marshall Islands Public School System]]. Retrieved February 21, 2018.</ref>
* Ajeltake Elementary School
* Delap Elementary School
* DUD Kindergarten 
* Ejit Elementary School
* Laura Elementary School
* Long Island Elementary School
* Majuro Middle School
* Rairok Elementary School
* Rita Elementary School
* Uliga Elementary School
* Woja Maj. Elementary School
* Carl Kuli Lobat. Elementary School

In the 1994–1995 school year Majuro had 10 private elementary schools and six private high schools.<ref name="YsOpO">McMurray, Christine and Roy Smith. ''Diseases of Globalization: Socioeconomic Transition and Health''. [[Routledge]], October 11, 2013. {{ISBN|1134200226}}, 9781134200221. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Kc9SAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA127 127].</ref>

There is a [[Delap SDA School|Seventh Day Adventist High School and Elementary School]] in Delap, where English is taught to all students.<ref name="fJ94O">[http://www.ssd.org/territories/gmm/dsdas/index.html SSD] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116194335/http://www.ssd.org/territories/gmm/dsdas/index.html |date=2012-01-16 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

==Health==
The 101-bed Majuro Hospital (officially the Leroij Atama Zedkeia Medical Center) is the main [[hospital]] for Majuro, as well as many of the outer islands.<ref name="mchb">{{cite web |title=Marshall Islands - 2021 - III.B. Overview of the State |url=https://mchb.tvisdata.hrsa.gov/Narratives/Overview/96a89631-c192-463c-91ea-7c85d8e0f877 |website=[[Maternal and Child Health Bureau]] |access-date=September 9, 2023}}</ref><ref name="f6lqW">{{cite web|url=https://www.cdc.gov/phppo/inpho/profile/mh_1_1.htm |title=Health System Profile - Marshall Islands |work=cdc.gov |access-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119204419/http://www.cdc.gov/phppo/inpho/profile/mh_1_1.htm |archive-date=January 19, 2015}}</ref> The country's only other major hospital is on [[Ebeye Island]], the Leroij Kitlang Memorial Health Center.<ref name="mchb" /><ref name=":1" /> As of 2015, most of the 43 physicians employed by the Marshall Islands were located at the Majuro Hospital. The Laura and Rongrong Health Centers are also located on the atoll of Majuro.<ref name="mchb" />

==Infrastructure==
===Water and sewage===
The Majuro Water and Sewer Company obtains water from a [[catchment basin]] on the International Airport runway. It supplies {{convert|140000000|USgal}} a year or {{convert|14|USgal}} per person per day. This compares with New York City's {{convert|118|USgal}} per person per day. Water is supplied 12 hours daily. The threat of drought is commonplace.<ref name="UXndX">{{Cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marshall-islands-climate-change_56796928e4b06fa6887ea12c |title=Perishing of Thirst In A Pacific Paradise |access-date=August 3, 2016 |author=Peter Meligard |date=December 28, 2015 |work= Huffington Post}}</ref>
[[File:Local Traffic Regulations.png|thumb|294x294px|Road system on Majuro Atoll]]

===Transport===
====Air====
[[Marshall Islands International Airport]], offering domestic and international services, is on Majuro. It is served by four passenger airlines: [[United Airlines]], [[Nauru Airlines]], [[Air Marshall Islands]], and [[Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG)|Asia Pacific Airlines]].<ref name="OSBAs">{{cite web|url=http://rmipa.com/resources/airlines/|title=Airlines Serving the Marshall Islands - RMIPA|work=Republic of the Marshall Islands Ports Authority|access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

Air Marshall Islands flies to most of the Marshalls' inhabited atolls once a week.<ref name="1xeuc">{{cite web |url=http://www.airmarshallislands.com |title=Air Marshall Islands |work=airmarshallislands.com |access-date=May 29, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118141921/http://www.airmarshallislands.com/ |archive-date=January 18, 2016}}</ref> It offers daily service between Majuro and [[Kwajalein]], except Thursdays and Sundays.<ref name="1frxM">[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/marshall-islands/transport/getting-around Air Marshall Islands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902204718/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/marshall-islands/transport/getting-around |date=2013-09-02 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

====Sea====
Majuro Lagoon is an active port. It is one of the busiest tuna [[transshipment]] ports in the world, with 306,796 tons of tuna being moved from [[Seine fishing|purse seine vessels]] to [[Cargo ship|carrier vessels]] in 2018.<ref name="YifHq">{{cite web |title=Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority Annual Report FY2018 |url=http://www.rmimimra.com/media/attachments/2019/09/23/mimra-annual-report-fy2018.pdf |website=Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority |access-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522212229/http://www.rmimimra.com/media/attachments/2019/09/23/mimra-annual-report-fy2018.pdf |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |pages=6}}</ref>

The Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation was established by the Marshall Islands via the Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation Act 2004.<ref name="hUbxX">{{cite web |title=Marshall Islands Shipping Corporation Act 2004 |url=http://rmiparliament.org/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/2005/2005-0041/MarshallIslandsShippingCorporationAct2004_1.pdf |website=Nitijela: The Parliament of the Republic of the Marshall Islands |access-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522214804/http://rmiparliament.org/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/2005/2005-0041/MarshallIslandsShippingCorporationAct2004_1.pdf |archive-date=May 22, 2020}}</ref> It manages several government ships that move people and freight around the islands. These ships include three older ships (Langidrik, Aemman, and Ribuuk Ae), as well as two newer ships (Majuro, Kwajalein) which were donated to the Republic of the Marshall Islands by Japan in 2013.<ref name="1oJsC">{{cite web |title=Government Ships |url=https://www.infomarshallislands.com/government-ships/ |website=Marshall Islands Guide |access-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112141334/https://www.infomarshallislands.com/government-ships/ |archive-date=November 12, 2019 |date=Oct 12, 2015}}</ref> They also operate a landing craft (''Jelejeletae'').{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} These vessels are the main link for transporting people and supplies to and from the [[Geography of the Marshall Islands|outer islands]].{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}

Additionally, the [[lagoon]] acts as a harbor for [[commercial fishing]] vessels, [[cruise ship]]s, and [[luxury yacht]]s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sen Nag |first1=Oishimaya |title=What Is The Capital Of The Marshall Islands? |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-capital-of-the-marshall-islands.html |website=WorldAtlas |access-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914214510/https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-the-capital-of-the-marshall-islands.html |archive-date=14 September 2017 |date=6 September 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Sport==
Majuro was initially scheduled to host the [[2010 Micronesian Games|seventh edition]] of the [[Micronesian Games]], in 2010. It subsequently renounced its hosting rights, citing a lack of adequate infrastructure.<ref name="gZybP">[http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=2&newsID=78793 "Scaled down Micro Games in 2010"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928095140/http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=2&newsID=78793 |date=2011-09-28 |df=mdy-all}}, Jon Perez, ''Saipan Tribune'', April 9, 2008</ref><ref name="nKzWm">{{cite news |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=39650 |title=Two Northern Pacific countries vying for the right to host Micronesia Games |date=May 8, 2008 |publisher=[[Radio New Zealand International]] |access-date=October 19, 2011}}</ref> In 2018, the Marshall Islands were awarded the 2022 Micro Games,<ref>{{cite web |title=Sport: Marshall Islands to host 2022 Micronesian Games |website=[[Radio New Zealand]] |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/363034/sport-marshall-islands-to-host-2022-micronesian-games |date=July 31, 2018 |access-date=January 9, 2020}}</ref> and a new stadium is being built in Majuro. (In 2021, it was decided to move back the Games a year, to 2023.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/455069/micronesian-games-pushed-back-a-year |title=Micronesian Games pushed back a year |website=[[Radio New Zealand]] |date=November 6, 2021}}</ref>) The new stadium is also expected to host soccer matches, which will be a first step in forming the Marshall Islands' first-ever national soccer team.

Weightlifter [[Mattie Sasser|Mattie Langtor Sasser]] competed for the Marshall Islands in the [[2016 Summer Olympics]], participating in the Women's 58&nbsp;kg category on August 8.<ref name="1FNsS">{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3849-0-0-0&sID=40444&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=46471735|title=Mattie Sasser is lifted by Rio experience. - Marshall Islands National Olympic Committee|publisher=SportsTG|access-date=2016-10-31|archive-date=2016-10-31 |df=mdy-all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031212209/http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-3849-0-0-0&sID=40444&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=46471735|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Twin towns==
Majuro is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagdeco|US}} [[Inalåhan, Guam]], United States, since 1973
*{{flagdeco|Japan}} [[Kawai, Nara|Kawai]], [[Nara Prefecture|Nara]], Japan
*{{flagdeco|ROC}} [[Taipei]], Republic of China (Taiwan), since 1999<ref name="4YlkY">{{cite web |url=http://web.tcc.gov.tw/eng/sister_cities.htm |title=Taipei - International Sister Cities |access-date=2013-08-23 |work=Taipei City Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102035422/http://web.tcc.gov.tw/eng/sister_cities.htm |archive-date=2012-11-02 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* {{flagdeco|PHL}} [[Basco, Batanes|Basco]], Philippines
* {{flagdeco|Vanuatu}} [[Luganville]], Vanuatu
* {{flagdeco|Micronesia}} [[Weno]], Micronesia
* {{flagdeco|US}} [[Tamuning, Guam]], United States
* {{flagdeco|Kiribati}} [[Tarawa]], Kiribati
* {{flagdeco|Solomon Islands}} [[Honiara]], Solomon Islands 
* {{flagdeco|Tonga}} [[Nukuʻalofa]], Tonga

== References ==
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<ref name="Aus-O">{{cite web|title=Australia - Oceania :: Marshall Islands — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/marshall-islands/|access-date=2020-10-20 |df=mdy-all |website=www.cia.gov}}</ref>

<ref name="state-depart">{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/26551.htm|access-date=November 26, 2011|title=Marshall Islands|publisher= Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs}}</ref>

<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Marshall Islands |url=http://www.imr.ptc.ac.fj/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/17.-Marshall-Islands.pdf |website=www.imr.ptc.ac.fj |access-date=2019-01-15 |df=mdy-all |archive-date=2019-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115234613/http://www.imr.ptc.ac.fj/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/17.-Marshall-Islands.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{wikivoyage|Majuro}}
* [http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/atolls/majuro.html Marshall Islands site]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/marshall/majuro.php |date=December 23, 2010 |title=Entry at Oceandots.com }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060524212102/http://www3.uakron.edu/majuro/Laura-Majuro.html Recent photos of the rural portions of Majuro]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060503232750/http://www3.uakron.edu/majuro/Tekulve/ World War II photos of Majuro]
* [http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/eastman/eastman.htm Battle of Kwajalein and Enewetak] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922190356/http://www.history.army.mil/brochures/eastman/eastman.htm |date=2013-09-22 |df=mdy-all}}

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