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  1. #CARD:Kingman Reef:Header
  2.                             THE WORLD FACTBOOK 
  3.                                   Kingman Reef
  4.                                      Header
  5.  
  6.  
  7. Affiliation:
  8.     (territory of the US)
  9.  
  10. #ENDCARD
  11. #CARD:Kingman Reef:Geography
  12. #IMAGE 49 66 TWPCX \maps\Kingman_.PCX
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  14.                                   Kingman Reef
  15.                                     Geography
  16.  
  17.  
  18. Location:
  19.     in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,600 km south-southwest of Honolulu, about
  20.     halfway between Hawaii and American Samoa
  21. Map references:
  22.     Oceania
  23. Area:
  24.   total area:
  25.     1 km2
  26.   land area:
  27.     1 km2
  28.   comparative area:
  29.     about 1.7 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
  30. Land boundaries:
  31.     0 km
  32. Coastline:
  33.     3 km
  34. Maritime claims:
  35.   contiguous zone:
  36.     24 nm
  37.   continental shelf:
  38.     200 m or depth of exploitation
  39.   exclusive economic zone:
  40.     200 nm
  41.   territorial sea:
  42.     12 nm
  43. International disputes:
  44.     none
  45. Climate:
  46.     tropical, but moderated by prevailing winds
  47. Terrain:
  48.     low and nearly level with a maximum elevation of about 1 meter
  49. Natural resources:
  50.     none
  51. Land use:
  52.   arable land:
  53.     0%
  54.   permanent crops:
  55.     0%
  56.   meadows and pastures:
  57.     0%
  58.   forest and woodland:
  59.     0%
  60.   other:
  61.     100%
  62. Irrigated land:
  63.     0 km2
  64. Environment:
  65.     barren coral atoll with deep interior lagoon; wet or awash most of the time
  66. Note:
  67.     maximum elevation of about 1 meter makes this a navigational hazard; closed
  68.     to the public
  69.  
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  71. #CARD:Kingman Reef:People
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  73.                                   Kingman Reef
  74.                                      People
  75.  
  76.  
  77. Population:
  78.     uninhabited
  79.  
  80. #ENDCARD
  81. #CARD:Kingman Reef:Government
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  83.                                   Kingman Reef
  84.                                    Government
  85.  
  86.  
  87. Names:
  88.   conventional long form:
  89.     none
  90.   conventional short form:
  91.     Kingman Reef
  92. Digraph:
  93.     KQ
  94. Type:
  95.     unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Navy
  96. Capital:
  97.     none; administered from Washington, DC
  98.  
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  100. #CARD:Kingman Reef:Economy
  101.                             THE WORLD FACTBOOK 
  102.                                   Kingman Reef
  103.                                      Economy
  104.  
  105.  
  106. Overview:
  107.     no economic activity
  108.  
  109. #ENDCARD
  110. #CARD:Kingman Reef:Communications
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  112.                                   Kingman Reef
  113.                                  Communications
  114.  
  115.  
  116. Ports:
  117.     none; offshore anchorage only
  118. Airports:
  119.     lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by
  120.     Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938
  121.  
  122. #ENDCARD
  123. #CARD:Kingman Reef:Defense Forces
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  125.                                   Kingman Reef
  126.                                  Defense Forces
  127.  
  128.  
  129. Note:
  130.     defense is the responsibility of the US
  131.  
  132. #ENDCARD
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