Ujae Atoll
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Ujae Atoll (Marshallese: Script error: No such module "Lang". or Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:IPAc-mh[1]) is a coral atoll of 15 islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands. Its total land area is only Script error: No such module "convert"., but it encloses a lagoon of Script error: No such module "convert".. It is located about Script error: No such module "convert". west of Kwajalein Atoll.
History
In folklore, the Marshallese people have long considered the island to be home to timon (demons).[2]
Its first recorded sighting was by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra on 21 September 1529.[3] Another sighting was reported by the Spanish expedition of Ruy López de Villalobos in January 1543.[4]
In 1885, the German Empire claimed Ujae Atoll along with the rest of the Marshall Islands.[5] After World War I, the island came under the South Seas Mandate of the Empire of Japan. The island became part of the vast US Naval Base Marshall Islands. Following the end of World War II, it came under the control of the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the independence of the Marshall Islands in 1986.
The population of Ujae Atoll was 310 at the 2021 census.[6]
Education
Marshall Islands Public School System operates Ujae Elementary School.[7] Kwajalein Atoll High School on Kwajalein serves the community.[8]
Transportation
Ujae Airport is a public use airstrip on Ujae Island.[9]
References
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- ↑ Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index
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- ↑ Coello, Francisco "Conflicto hispano-alemán" Boletín de Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid, t.XIX. 2º semestre 1885, Madrid, pp.235, 267, 268
- ↑ Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, p.32.
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- ↑ "Public Schools Template:Webarchive." Marshall Islands Public School System. Retrieved on February 21, 2018.
- ↑ "Annual Report 2011-2012 Template:Webarchive." Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands). Retrieved on February 22, 2018. p. 54 (PDF p. 55/118). "Kwajalein Atoll High School enrolls students from Kwajalein and the Kabinmeto zone including schools in Ujae, Lae, and Wotto."
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External links
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