Jaluit Atoll
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Jaluit Atoll is an atoll of 91 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is a legislative district of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is only 4.38 sq mi (11 km²), but that encloses a lagoon of 266.31 sq mi (690 km²).
The population of the islands of Jaluit Atoll is 1,669 as of 1999.
The island of Jabor has the largest population of around 1,200. Jabor is served by two weekly flights (Mondays and Fridays) from Air Marshall Islands. The island features a small hotel with four rooms, air-conditioning, running water, electricity and a communal kitchen and shower, where visitors can stay for $50 a night. There are several small stores that sell staple foods like flower, rice, canned tuna and canned vegetables. Jaluit High School is located at the northern side of the island and serves 350 students from 6 of the southern atolls. About 250 of them live in the dormitories. The rest live with relatives in town. Jabor also has a fish base, where motor boats can be rented and a Mobil station that sells gas for about $6.50 a gallon. Great snorkeling spots are around the sunken dock by the airport and in the northern pass.
The island of Jaluit is connected to Jabor by an 8 mile road. Jaluit, Jaluit has an elementary school and at the southern most tip of the island there are traditionally built huts available for rent on a beautiful beach.
Imiej is an island a 45 minute boat ride from Jabor. It used to be the Japanese army headquarters and you can take a tour on foot through the jungle to check out the old power station, military quarters, anti-aircraft guns and the Shinto shrine where the Japanese general committed suicide.
There is also a lagoon. Named Jaluit Lagoon. Famous for holding the great USS Yorktown.
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