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BASSAS DA INDIA

 (possession of France) 

@Bassas Da India:Geography

 Location: Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel,
 about one-half of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique

 Map references: Africa

 Area:
 total area: 0.2 km2
 land area: 0.2 km2
 comparative area: NA

 Land boundaries: 0 km

 Coastline: 35.2 km

 Maritime claims:
 exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
 territorial sea: 12 nm

 International disputes: claimed by Madagascar

 Climate: tropical

 Terrain: a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high

 Natural resources: none

 Land use:
 arable land: 0%
 permanent crops: 0%
 meadows and pastures: 0%
 forest and woodland: 0%
 other: 100% (all rock)

 Irrigated land: 0 sq km

 Environment:
 current issues: NA
 natural hazards: maritime hazard since it is usually under water
 during high tide and surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones

 international agreements: NA

@Bassas Da India:People

 Population: uninhabited

@Bassas Da India:Government

 Names:
 conventional long form: none
 conventional short form: Bassas da India

 Digraph: BS

 Type: French possession administered by a Commissioner of the
 Republic, resident in Reunion

 Capital: none; administered by France from Reunion

 Independence: none (possession of France)

Economy

 Overview: no economic activity

@Bassas Da India:Transportation

 Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

@Bassas Da India:Defense Forces

 Note: defense is the responsibility of France


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