Ebeye Island

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Ebeye is the most densely populated island in the Kwajalein Atoll and the entire oceanic state of the Marshall Islands. Absolutely Ebeye is the second largest municipality. Covering an area of ​​about 36 ha, more than 9,300 people ( nearly one-fifth of the total population of the country), making it one of the densely - populous places on earth. It is the main center of Ralik chain, the eastern part of the Marshall Islands.

Residents Ebeyes work today, 5 km away missile test site of the U.S. Army in Kwajalein Atoll.

History

Ebeye belonged from 1906 to the colony of German New Guinea.

Part of the population is descended from evacuated marshalers. Due to the explosion of 15 megaton bomb " Bravo " in the Bikini Atoll on March 1, 1954, the neighboring Rongelap Atoll was contaminated by radioactive fallout, so that many residents suffering from radiation sickness and newborns often had severe deformities. Greenpeace helped those affected eventually, to resettle after Ebeye.