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Capital | NA |
Government | unincorporated territory of the US; administered by Pacific Air Forces and the US Department of the Interior as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system |
Area | 2.8 sq km |
Population | in previous years, an average of 1,100 US military and civilian contractor personnel were present; as of May 2005 all US government personnel had left the island |
Time Zone | UTC -10 |
Johnston Atoll is in Polynesia, 717 NM (1328 km) southwest of Hawaii, about one-third of the way to the Marshall Islands.