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Title         :Wake Island 
Text          : 
                                   Wake Island 
 
                                     Header 
 
Affiliation: 
    (territory of the US) 
 
                                    Geography 
 
Location: 
    Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from
 
    Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands 
Map references: 
    Oceania 
Area: 
  total area: 
    6.5 sq km 
  land area: 
    6.5 sq km 
  comparative area: 
    about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC 
Land boundaries: 
    0 km 
Coastline: 
    19.3 km 
Maritime claims: 
  exclusive economic zone: 
    200 nm 
  territorial sea: 
    12 nm 
International disputes: 
    claimed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands 
Climate: 
    tropical 
Terrain: 
    atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater volcano; central 
    lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim; average elevation less
 
    than 4 meters 
Natural resources: 
    none 


Land use: 
  arable land: 
    0% 
  permanent crops: 
    0% 
  meadows and pastures: 
    0% 
  forest and woodland: 
    0% 
  other: 
    100% 
Irrigated land: 
    0 sq km 
Environment: 
  current issues: 
    NA 
  natural hazards: 
    occasional typhoons 
  international agreements: 
    NA 
Note: 
    strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; emergency landing location 
    for transpacific flights 
 
                                     People 
 
Population: 
    302 (July 1995 est.) 
Population growth rate: 
    0% (1995 est.) 
Birth rate: 
    NA births/1,000 population 
Death rate: 
    NA deaths/1,000 population 
Net migration rate: 
    NA migrant(s)/1,000 population 
Infant mortality rate: 
    NA deaths/1,000 live births 
Life expectancy at birth: 
  total population: 
    NA years 
  male: 
    NA years 
  female: 
    NA years 
Total fertility rate: 
    NA children born/woman 
 
                                   Government 
 
Names: 
  conventional long form: 
    none 
  conventional short form: 
    Wake Island 
Digraph: 
    WQ 
Type: 
    unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Army and Strategic
 


    Defense Command since 1 October 1994 
Capital: 
    none; administered from Washington, DC 
Independence: 
    none (territory of the US) 
Flag: 
    the US flag is used 
 
                                     Economy 
 
Overview: 
    Economic activity is limited to providing services to US military personnel 
    and contractors located on the island. All food and manufactured goods must 
    be imported. 
Electricity: 
    supplied by US military 
 
                                 Transportation 
 
Railroads: 
    0 km 
Ports: 
    none; two offshore anchorages for large ships 
Merchant marine: 
    none 
Airports: 
  total: 
    1 
  with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
    1 
Note: 
    formerly an important commercial aviation base, now used by US military, 
    some commercial cargo planes, as well as the US Army Space and Strategic 
    Defense Command for missile launches 
 
                                 Communications 
 
Telephone system: 
    NA telephones; satellite communications; 1 Autovon circuit off the Overseas 
    Telephone System (OTS) 
  local: 
    NA 
  intercity: 
    NA 
  international: 
    NA 
  note: 
    Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio and television service 
    provided by satellite 
Radio: 
  broadcast stations: 
    AM 0, FM NA, shortwave NA 
  radios: 
    NA 
  note: 
    Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio and television service 
    provided by satellite 
Television: 
  broadcast stations: 
    NA 


  televisions: 
    NA 
  note: 
    Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio and television service 
    provided by satellite 
Note: 
    formerly an important commercial aviation base, now used by US military, as 
    well as the US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command for missile launches
 
 
                                 Defense Forces 
 
    defense is the responsibility of the US 

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