| GEOGRAPHY |
| Country name: |
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Europa Island
local long form: none
local short form: Ile Europa |
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| Location: |
Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about half way between southern Madagascar and southern Mozambique |
| Geographic
Coordinates: |
22 20 S, 40 22 E |
| Area: |
total: 28 sq km
land: 28 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
| Area
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about 0.16 times the size of Washington, DC |
| Land
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0 km |
| Coastline: |
22.2 km |
| Maritime
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: |
tropical |
| Terrain: |
low and flat |
| Elavation
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 24 m |
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NEGL |
| GOVERNEMENT |
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| Independence |
Dependency status:possession of France; administered by a high commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion |
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the laws of France, where applicable, apply |
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| PEOPLE |
| Population: |
no indigenous inhabitants
note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2005 est.) |
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| COMUNICATIONS |
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( 1 meteorological station ) |
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| TRANSPORT |
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none; offshore anchorage only |
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| Airports: |
1 (2004 est.) |
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total: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.) |
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