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#CARD:Bassas da India:Geography
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Bassas da India
Geography
Location:
Southern Africa, in the southern Mozambique Channel about halfway between
Madagascar and Mozambique
Map references:
Africa
Area:
total area:
NA km2
land area:
NA km2
comparative area:
NA
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
35.2 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
24 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:
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 km2
Environment:
surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
Note:
navigational hazard since it is usually under water during high tide
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#CARD:Bassas da India:People
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Bassas da India
People
Population:
uninhabited
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#CARD:Bassas da India:Government
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Bassas da India
Government
Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Bassas da India
Digraph:
BS
Type:
French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic Jacques
DEWATRE (since July 1991), resident in Reunion
Capital:
none; administered by France from Reunion
Independence:
none (possession of France)
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#CARD:Bassas da India:Economy
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Bassas da India
Economy
Overview:
no economic activity
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Bassas da India
Communications
Ports:
none; offshore anchorage only
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#CARD:Bassas da India:Defense Forces
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Bassas da India
Defense Forces
Note:
defense is the responsibility of France
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