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Jaluit Atoll is an atoll of 91 islands in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. It is a legislative district of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands , officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands , is a Micronesian island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator....
. Its total land area is only , but that encloses a lagoon
Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed Bar , reef, or similar feature....
 of .

, the population of the islands of Jaluit Atoll is 1,669.

The island of Jabor has the largest population of around 1,200. 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.






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Jaluit Atoll is an atoll of 91 islands in the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
. It is a legislative district of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands

The Marshall Islands , officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands , is a Micronesian island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator....
. Its total land area is only , but that encloses a lagoon
Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed Bar , reef, or similar feature....
 of .

, the population of the islands of Jaluit Atoll is 1,669.

The island of Jabor has the largest population of around 1,200. 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 flour, rice, canned tuna and canned vegetables. 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. 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
USS Yorktown

United States naval vesselsAt least five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name Yorktown, to commemorate of the decisive Battle of Yorktown in the American Revolutionary War....
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Education

Jaluit has an elementary school. Jaluit High School is a boarding school that serves students from Jaluit Atoll and neighboring areas.

Transportation

Jabor is served by two weekly flights (Mondays and Fridays) from Air Marshall Islands
Air Marshall Islands

Air Marshall Islands is an airline based in Majuro, in the Marshall Islands. It is the flag carrier of the Marshall Islands and designated the official flag carrier of the government of Tuvalu, operating inter-island services in the South Pacific....
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