est point: unnamed location 4 m

Natural resources: fish, wildlife

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 100%

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: NA
international agreements: NA

Geographic note: a coral atoll; closed to the public

People
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Population: no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are 453 US
military personnel (July 1995 est.)

Government
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Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Midway Islands

Data code: MQ

Type of government: unincorporated territory of the US formerly
administered by the US Navy, under Naval Facilities Engineering
Command, Pacific Division; this facility has been operationally
closed since 10 September 1993 and is currently undergoing transfer
of accountability and responsibility to the US Department of the
Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

Capital: none; administered from Washington, DC

Flag: the flag of the US is used

Economy
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Economic overview: The economy is based on providing support
services for remaining activities located on the islands. All food
and manufactured goods must be imported.

Electricity: supplied by US Military

Transportation
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Railways: 0 km

Highways:
total: 32 km
paved: NA km
unpaved: NA km

Pipelines: 7.8 km

Ports: Sand Island

Airports:
total: 2
with paved runways 1 524 to 2 437 m: 1
with unpaved runways 914 to 1 523 m: 1 (1995 est.)

Communications
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Telephones: NA

Telephone system:
domestic: NA
international: NA

Radio broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA

Radios: NA

Television broadcast stations: NA

Televisions: NA

Defense
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Defense note: defense is the responsibility of the US

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@Moldova
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Map
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Location: 47 00 N, 29 00 E -- Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania

Flag
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Description: same color scheme as Romania - three equal vertical
bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; emblem in center of
flag is of a Roman eagle of gold outlined in black with a red beak
and talons carrying a yellow cross in its beak and a green olive
branch in its right talons and a yellow scept