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ID number     :CI WOFACT 161              
Title         :MIDWAY ISLANDS 
Data type     :TEXT 
End year      :1994
Date of record:02/16/1994
Keywords 3    : 
| MIDWAY ISLANDS 
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MIDWAY ISLANDS 
Affiliation: (territory of the US) 
 
GEOGRAPHY 
Location: located in the North Pacific Ocean, 2,350 km west-northwest of 
Honolulu, about one-third of the way between Honolulu and Tokyo 
 
Map references: Oceania 
 
Area: 
 
total area: 5.2 km2 
 
land area: 5.2 km2 
 
comparative area: about nine times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC 
 
note: includes Eastern Island and Sand Island 
 
Land boundaries: 0 km 
 
Coastline: 15 km 
 
contiguous zone: 24 nm 
 
continental shelf: 200 m (depth) 
 
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm 
 
territorial sea: 12 nm 
 
International disputes: none 
 
Climate: tropical, but moderated by prevailing easterly winds 
 
Terrain: low, nearly level 
 
Natural resources: fish, wildlife 
 
Land use: 
 
arable land: 0% 
 
meadows and pastures: 0% 
 
forest and woodland: 0% 
 
other: 100% 
 
Irrigated land: 0 km2 
 
Environment: coral atoll 
 
Note: closed to the public 
 
PEOPLE 
Population: no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are 453 US military 
personnel 
 
GOVERNMENT 
Names: 
 
conventional long form: none 
 
conventional short form: Midway Islands 
 
Digraph: MQ 
 
Type: unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy, under 
command of the Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Hawaii and managed 
cooperatively by the US Navy and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US 
Department of the Interior as part of  the National Wildlife Refuge System; 
legislation before Congress in 1990 proposed inclusion of territory within the 
State of Hawaii 
 
Capital: none; administered from Washington, DC 
 
Flag: the US flag is used 
 
ECONOMY 
Overview: The economy is based on providing support services for US naval 
operations located on the islands. All food and manufactured goods must be 
imported. 
 
Electricity: supplied by US Military 
 
COMMUNICATIONS 
Highways: 32 km total 
 
Pipelines: 7.8 km 
 
Ports: Sand Island 
 
Airports: 
 
total: 3 
 
usable: 2 
 
with permanent-surface runways: 1 
 
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 
 
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1 
 
Defense forces 
Note: defense is the responsibility of the US 
 
 
 
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