Population: uninhabited; note - American civilians evacuated in 1942 after Japanese air and naval attacks during World War II; occupied by US military during World War II, but abandoned after the war; public entry is by special-use permit only and generally restricted to scientists and educators
@Howland Island:Government
Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Howland Island
Digraph: HQ
Type: unincorporated territory of the US administered by the Fish and
Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the
National Wildlife Refuge System
Capital: none; administered from Washington, DC
@Howland Island:Economy
Overview: no economic activity
@Howland Island:Transportation
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only; note - there is one boat landing area along the middle of the west coast