Environment - current issues: NA
Environment - international agreements: party to : NA signed, but not ratified: NA
Geography - note: a coral atoll; closed to the public
@Midway Islands:People
Population: no indigenous inhabitants note: there are 453 US military personnel (July 1995 est.)
@Midway Islands:Government
Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Midway Islands
Data code: MQ
Dependency status: unincorporated territory of the US; formerly administered by the US Navy, under Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pacific Division; this facility has been operationally closed since 10 September 1993 and is currently undergoing transfer of accountability and responsibility to the US Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service
National capital: none; administered from Washington, DC