Mejit

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Mejit
LANDSAT picture by Mejit
LANDSAT picture by Mejit
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Marshall Islands
Geographical location 10 ° 17 '4 "  N , 170 ° 52' 13"  E Coordinates: 10 ° 17 '4 "  N , 170 ° 52' 13"  E
Mejit (Marshall Islands)
Mejit
length 3.5 km
width 750 m
surface 1.86 km²
Highest elevation 3  m
Residents 348 (2011)
187 inhabitants / km²
main place Mejit
Map of Mejit Island
Map of Mejit Island

Mejit (German outdated: New Year's Island ) is an upscale atoll of the Ratak chain of the Marshall Islands . The former atoll has a land area of ​​1.86 km², the lagoon has dried up. The nearest (real) atoll, Ailuk , is 85 km to the west.

The entire population lives in the main town of the same name and the only town of Mejit on the southwest side. The inhabitants of the island build breadfruit and taro on. Furthermore, they weave well-known mats from the reed-like leaves of the screw tree . Special features of the island are a freshwater lake, unique for the region, with ducks in the northern part of the island and the power supply for the residents through a solar system .

The island has a 900 meter long runway for small aircraft ( IATA code: MJB ), which is almost exclusively served by Air Marshall Islands .

Population development

The population decreased from 445 (peak) to 416 between 1988 and 1999.

year 1958 1967 1973 1980 1988 1999 2011
population 346 320 271 325 445 416 348

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German Colonial Lexicon. Edited by Heinrich Schnee. - Leipzig: Quelle & Meyer 1920. - 3 volumes ( online )
  2. ↑ POPULATION BY ATOLLS / ISLANDS AND PLACE (PDF; 447 kB)

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