Darrit

Darrit
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Majuro Atoll
Geographical location	7 ° 7 '24 " N , 171 ° 21' 54" E Coordinates: 7 ° 7 '24 " N , 171 ° 21' 54" E
length	1.4 km
width	350 m
surface	38.9 ha
Residents	7103 (June 1, 1999) ; 18,260 inhabitants / km²

Darrit , also Djarrit , Djarrot or Rita , is a motu in the northeast of the Majuro Atoll of the Pacific republic of the Marshall Islands .

geography

The island borders on Uliga to the south . Together with Motu Delap further south, Darrit forms the " Delap-Uliga-Darrit " region, the highly dense area in the east of the Majuro municipality , the capital of the Marshall Islands. The variant of the name Rita also refers to the entire capital. The government authorities are located in Darrit, while the Capitol (seat of parliament) is located in Dalap .

In 1988 the place or district Darrit had 6,813 inhabitants, and in 1999 already 7,103, on an area of only 0.389 km² (38.9 hectares ). This makes the island one of the most densely populated islands in the entire state, only surpassed by Ebeye . The islands from Darrit in the north to Enirak in the west are connected by a continuous road embankment. The island of Rairok to the west is separated from Enirak by a narrow boat passage over which a road bridge leads. The road dam was built from coral fragments during World War II ; the road was later paved.

The name Rita was given to the island by GIs in honor of the film star Rita Hayworth .

Individual evidence

↑ RMI Yearbook 1998-99, Table 2.10, Urban Population by Place, Sey and Broad Age Group, 1988. (PDF file; 437 kB)
↑ [1]
↑ Non-traditional settlement patterns and typhoon hazard on contemporary Majuro Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 140 kB) @1@ 2
^ The Marshall Islands 1944, Operation Flintlock
^ Tad Friend: Lost in Mongolia: Travels in Hollywood and Other Foreign Lands . Random House Publishing Group, February 27, 2001, ISBN 978-0-679-64705-8 , p. 259.

[1] RMI Yearbook 1998-99, Table 2.10, Urban Population by Place, Sey and Broad Age Group, 1988. (PDF file; 437 kB)

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[3] Non-traditional settlement patterns and typhoon hazard on contemporary Majuro Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 140 kB) @1@ 2

[4] The Marshall Islands 1944, Operation Flintlock

[5] Tad Friend: Lost in Mongolia: Travels in Hollywood and Other Foreign Lands . Random House Publishing Group, February 27, 2001, ISBN 978-0-679-64705-8 , p. 259.