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WAKE ISLAND

 (territory of the US) 

@Wake Island:Geography

 Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds
 of the way from Hawaii to the Northern Mariana Islands

 Map references: Oceania

 Area:
 total area: 6.5 sq km
 land area: 6.5 sq km
 comparative area: about 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington,
 DC

 Land boundaries: 0 km

 Coastline: 19.3 km

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

 International disputes: claimed by the Republic of the Marshall
 Islands

 Climate: tropical

 Terrain: atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater
 volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim;
 average elevation less than 4 meters

 Natural resources: none

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

 Irrigated land: 0 sq km

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

 Note: strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean; emergency landing
 location for transpacific flights

@Wake Island:People

 Population: 302 (July 1995 est.)

 Population growth rate: 0% (1995 est.)

 Birth rate: NA births/1,000 population

 Death rate: NA deaths/1,000 population

 Net migration rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population

 Infant mortality rate: NA deaths/1,000 live births

 Life expectancy at birth:
 total population: NA years
 male: NA years
 female: NA years

 Total fertility rate: NA children born/woman

@Wake Island:Government

 Names:
 conventional long form: none
 conventional short form: Wake Island

 Digraph: WQ

 Type: unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Army
 and Strategic Defense Command since 1 October 1994

 Capital: none; administered from Washington, DC

 Independence: none (territory of the US)

 Flag: the US flag is used

Economy

 Overview: Economic activity is limited to providing services to US
 military personnel and contractors located on the island. All food and
 manufactured goods must be imported.

 Electricity: supplied by US military

@Wake Island:Transportation

 Railroads: 0 km

 Ports: none; two offshore anchorages for large ships

 Merchant marine: none

 Airports:
 total: 1
 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 1

 Note: formerly an important commercial aviation base, now used by US
 military, some commercial cargo planes, as well as the US Army Space
 and Strategic Defense Command for missile launches

@Wake Island:Communications

 Telephone system: NA telephones; satellite communications; 1 Autovon
 circuit off the Overseas Telephone System (OTS)
 local: NA
 intercity: NA
 international: NA
 note: Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio and
 television service provided by satellite

 Radio:
 broadcast stations: AM 0, FM NA, shortwave NA
 radios: NA
 note: Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio and
 television service provided by satellite

 Television:
 broadcast stations: NA
 televisions: NA
 note: Armed Forces Radio/Television Service (AFRTS) radio and
 television service provided by satellite

 Note: formerly an important commercial aviation base, now used by US
 military, as well as the US Army Space and Strategic Defense Command
 for missile launches

@Wake Island:Defense Forces

 Note: defense is the responsibility of the US


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