page_title: Jaluit Atoll
hierarchical_section_title: Jaluit Atoll
caption_attribution_description: English: map of Jaluit Atoll (with inset of Jabor Island), Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Pacific Ocean
context_page_description: Jaluit Atoll is a large coral atoll of 91 islands in the Pacific Ocean and forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is 11.34 square kilometres, and it encloses a lagoon with an area of 690 square kilometres. Most of the land area is on the largest islet of Jaluit. Jaluit is approximately 220 kilometres southwest of Majuro. Jaluit Atoll is a designated conservation area and Ramsar Wetland.
  In 2011 the population of the islands of Jaluit Atoll was 1,788. It was the former administrative seat of the Marshall Islands.
context_section_description: Jaluit Atoll (Marshallese: Jālwōj, [tʲælʲ(o)wɤtʲ], or Jālooj, [tʲælʲoːtʲ]) is a large coral atoll of 91 islands in the Pacific Ocean and forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is 11.34 square kilometres (4.38 sq mi), and it encloses a lagoon with an area of 690 square kilometres (270 sq mi). Most of the land area is on the largest islet (motu) of Jaluit (10.4 km²). Jaluit is approximately 220 kilometres (140 mi) southwest of Majuro. Jaluit Atoll is a designated conservation area and Ramsar Wetland.
  In 2011 the population of the islands of Jaluit Atoll was 1,788. It was the former administrative seat of the Marshall Islands.
caption: 1896 map of Jaluit Atoll
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