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JUAN DE NOVA ISLAND

 (possession of France) 

@Juan De Nova Island:Geography

 Location: Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about
 one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique

 Map references: Africa

 Area:
 total area: 4.4 sq km
 land area: 4.4 sq km
 comparative area: about 7.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington,
 DC

 Land boundaries: 0 km

 Coastline: 24.1 km

 Maritime claims:
 contiguous zone: 12 nm
 continental shelf: 200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
 exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
 territorial sea: 12 nm

 International disputes: claimed by Madagascar

 Climate: tropical

 Terrain: NA

 Natural resources: guano deposits and other fertilizers

 Land use:
 arable land: 0%
 permanent crops: 0%
 meadows and pastures: 0%
 forest and woodland: 90%
 other: 10%

 Irrigated land: 0 sq km

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

 Note: wildlife sanctuary

@Juan De Nova Island:People

 Population: uninhabited

@Juan De Nova Island:Government

 Names:
 conventional long form: none
 conventional short form: Juan de Nova Island
 local long form: none
 local short form: Ile Juan de Nova

 Digraph: JU

 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

@Juan De Nova Island:Transportation

 Railroads:
 total: NA km; short line going to a jetty

 Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

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

@Juan De Nova Island:Defense Forces

 Note: defense is the responsibility of France


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