Jaluit Atoll
An aerial view of Jaluit looking north. Photo: Tyler Milne. 
An aerial view of Jaluit. Photo: Tyler Milne. 
An Air Marshall Islands plane on the tarmac at Jaluit Airport. Photo: Hilary Hosia for the Marshall Islands Journal. 
Waiting for the tide in Jaluit. Photo Lise Larsen 
Thea streets of Jabor, Jaluit. Photo Lise Larsen 
The high school at Jaluit. Photo Lise Larsen 
The dock at Jabor, Jaluit. Photo Lise Larsen 
St. Joseph’s at Jaluit. PhotoL Lise Larsen 
People call to us from a house as we exit the Jaluit channel. Photo Lise Larsen 
A canoe framed by trees at Jaluit. Photo Lise Larsen 
WWII remnants near a cemetery on Imiej isle on Jaluit. Photo Lise Larsen 
Toddy being made on Jaluit Atoll. Photo: Marshall Islands Visitors Authority 
Canoe on the shores of Jaluit Atoll. Photo: Pete Allen 
Aerial shot of Jabor on Jaluit Photo: Fiona Calladine
FACT FILE
Number of Islets: 91 Population RMI Census 2021: 1,409 (721 males, 688 females) Land Area: 4.38 square miles Lagoon Area: 266.31 square miles Yacht permit fee: $50 Mayor: Alington Robert Nitijela Members: Daisy Momotaro, Bilimon Sonny Milne
Jaluit Atoll was the headquarters for the Empire of Germany from 1884. After World War I, like the rest of the Marshall Islands, it was ruled by the Empire of Japan. By the 1930s, several hundred Japanese were living on Jaluit.
During World War II the island’s Japanese garrison consisted of over 2,000 men. The island was bombed on five occasions in November and December 1943 by the US Air Force.
Following the end of World War II, Jaluit came under US control as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until country gained independence in 1986.
Jabor Island has the largest population on Jaluit. It has a small hotel, several small mom and pop stores and a gasoline station.
The second largest town is Imiej, which is 45 minutes by boat from Jabor.
Jabor has two elementary schools: St. Joseph’s, attached to the Catholic Church, and a public school. There are also elementary schools in Jaluit and Imiej. Jaluit High School is a boarding high school that serves students from Jaluit Atoll and the southern atolls of Ebon, Ailinglaplap, Namu, Kili, Namdrik and Jabat.
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Jaluit Atoll, RMI
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