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EUROPA ISLAND

 (possession of France) 

@Europa Island:Geography

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

 Map references: Africa

 Area:
 total area: 28 sq km
 land area: 28 sq km
 comparative area: about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC

 Land boundaries: 0 km

 Coastline: 22.2 km

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

 International disputes: claimed by Madagascar

 Climate: tropical

 Terrain: NA

 Natural resources: negligible

 Land use:
 arable land: NA%
 permanent crops: NA%
 meadows and pastures: NA%
 forest and woodland: NA% (heavily wooded)
 other: NA%

 Irrigated land: 0 sq km

 Environment:
 current issues: NA
 natural hazards: NA
 international agreements: NA

 Note: wildlife sanctuary

@Europa Island:People

 Population: uninhabited

@Europa Island:Government

 Names:
 conventional long form: none
 conventional short form: Europa Island
 local long form: none
 local short form: Ile Europa

 Digraph: EU

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

 Capital: none; administered by France from Reunion

 Independence: none (possession of France)

Economy

 Overview: no economic activity

@Europa Island:Transportation

 Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

 Airports:
 total: 1
 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 1

@Europa Island:Communications

 Note: 1 meteorological station

@Europa Island:Defense Forces

 Note: defense is the responsibility of France


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