d 1986-2001
Currency:
1 United States dollar (US$) = 100 cents
Exchange rates:
US currency is used
Fiscal year:
1 October - 30 September

@Micronesia, Federated States of, Communications

Highways:
total:
226 km
paved:
39 km (on major islands)
unpaved:
stone, coral, laterite 187 km
Ports:
Colonia (Yap), Truk, Okat and Lelu (Kosrae)
Airports:
total:
6
usable:
5
with permanent-surface runways:
4
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
0
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
4
Telecommunications:
telephone network - 960 telephone lines total at Kolonia and Truk;
islands interconnected by shortwave radio (used mostly for government
purposes); 16,000 radio receivers, 1,125 TV sets (est. 1987);
broadcast stations - 5 AM, 1 FM, 6 TV, 1 shortwave; 4 Pacific Ocean
INTELSAT earth stations

@Micronesia, Federated States of, Defense Forces

Note:
defense is the responsibility of the US

@Midway Islands

Header
Affiliation:
(territory of the US)

@Midway Islands, Geography

Location:
Oceania, Polynesia, 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 sq km
land area:
5.2 sq km
comparative area:
about 9 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
note:
includes Eastern Island and Sand Island
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
15 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
24 nm
continental shelf:
200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
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%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
0%
other:
100%
Irrigated land:
0 sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
NA
international agreements:
NA
Note:
a coral atoll; closed to the public

@Midway Islands, People

Population:
no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are 453 US military personnel

@Midway Islands, 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
Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pa