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Kili Island (also known as Kili Atoll) is a 0.93 square kilometer island located 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....
 at . It is a member 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....
 and is located in the Ralik Chain
Ralik Chain

The Ralik Chain is a chain of islands within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. Ralik means "sunset". , the total population of the Ralik islands is 19,915....
. The island is one of the smallest islands to form the Marshall Islands. It is a low coral formation of 0.93 kmē.






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Kili Island
Kili Island (also known as Kili Atoll) is a 0.93 square kilometer island located 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....
 at . It is a member 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....
 and is located in the Ralik Chain
Ralik Chain

The Ralik Chain is a chain of islands within the island nation of the Marshall Islands. Ralik means "sunset". , the total population of the Ralik islands is 19,915....
. The island is one of the smallest islands to form the Marshall Islands. It is a low coral formation of 0.93 kmē. It is situated southwest of Jaluit
Jaluit Atoll

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 , but that encloses a lagoon of ....
.

Kili was uninhabited until November 2, 1948 at which point, the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 Government relocated the Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll

Bikini Atoll is an atoll in one of the Micronesian Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of Marshall Islands. It consists of 36 islands surrounding a lagoon....
's indigenous population there while Bikini was used for nuclear tests.

Kili has no lagoon or reef protection. The island cannot be reached by ship four months out of the year because of rough seas. However, there is a grass airstrip on the island. Air Marshall Islands sends two flights per week to Kili when the planes are operational. The main agricultural product is copra
Copra

Copra is the dried meat, or kernel, of the coconut. The name copra is derived from the Malayalam language word kopra for dried coconut....
. Residents are supported through trust agreements between the United States and the Marshall Islands yielding about $15 per person per year.

Kili has two Christian churches: the Assembly of God and Protestant church.

There is a Elementary school on Kili for students from Kindergarten to Eighth grade. There is a class for each age group, in addition to one class for students with special needs. Classes typically range in size from 6 to 18 students. Some of the teachers are native to Kili, some come from neighboring islands. In addition, the Dartmouth Volunteer Teaching Program has placed 2-4 American volunteer teachers at the school every year since 2001. The American volunteers stay and teach for one or more years. Toward the end of their Eight grade year, students must pass a standardized test to gain admission to public high school in Jaluit or Majuro.

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