How many islands make up Majuro Atoll?

Majuro Atoll is made up of 64 islands. The atoll lies in the Ratak Chain of the Marshall Islands and forms a narrow, roughly curved ring of coral islets surrounding a large lagoon.

Majuro is both the name of the atoll and the country’s capital, although the main urban area is commonly identified as Delap-Uliga-Djarrit, or DUD. Those three connected motus contain the largest concentration of homes, businesses, government offices, and transport facilities. The atoll has only about 9.7 square kilometres of land but encloses a lagoon of roughly 295 square kilometres.

The number 64 refers to the atoll’s islands or motus, not 64 large, independently developed islands. Many are tiny, and only a portion are substantially inhabited. Majuro has been settled for at least 2,000 years and became the capital after the Marshall Islands formed its own republic, replacing Jaluit as the main administrative center.