Midway Islands
unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy, under command of the Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Hawaii and managed cooperatively by the US Navy and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System
Midway Islands as the 1990 edition of the CIA World Factbook published it: 25 fields, one of 24 editions from 1990 to 2020.
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Geography
14 fieldsLand useshare of 5.2 km2
Note
located 2,350 km west-northwest of Honolulu at the western end of Hawaiian Islands group, about one-third of the way between Honolulu and Tokyo; closed to the public
People
1 fieldGovernment
4 fieldsType
unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy, under command of the Barbers Point Naval Air Station in Hawaii and managed cooperatively by the US Navy and the Fish and Wildlife Service of the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System
Economy
The economy is based on providing support services for US naval operations located on the islands.
1 fieldOverview
The economy is based on providing support services for US naval operations located on the islands. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
Communications
4 fieldsNetworkskm
Defense Forces
1 fieldCite this entry
Central Intelligence Agency. “Midway Islands.” The World Factbook 1990. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/midway-islands/1990.