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Majuro
The capital atoll, barely three metres above the sea.
- Population
- 23,156 (2021)
- Capital since
- 1978
Then
- 1944
US forces land on January 30 and find the Japanese long gone, except one caretaker officer.
- 1978
Majuro becomes capital of the new republic, replacing Jaluit.
Now
Most people live on the joined islets of Delap-Uliga-Djarrit. Majuro's lagoon is one of the world's busiest tuna transshipment ports, and its highest point is under three metres.