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  3. #CARD:Glorioso Islands:Geography
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  5.                              Glorioso Islands Click Here for Country List
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  14.                                   Header
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  19. Affiliation:
  20.      (possession of France)
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  25. #IMAGE 44 61 TWPCX \maps\GLORIOSO.PCX
  26.                                  Geography Click Here for MAP
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  31. Location:
  32.      Southern Africa, in the Indian Ocean just north of Madagascar
  33. Map references:
  34.      Africa
  35. Area:
  36. total area:
  37.      5 sq km
  38. land area:
  39.      5 sq km
  40. comparative area:
  41.      about 8.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
  42. note:
  43.      includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South
  44.      Rock
  45. Land boundaries:
  46.      0 km
  47. Coastline:
  48.      35.2 km
  49. Maritime claims:
  50. contiguous zone:
  51.      12 nm
  52. exclusive economic zone:
  53.      200 nm
  54. territorial sea:
  55.      12 nm
  56. International disputes:
  57.      claimed by Madagascar
  58. Climate:
  59.      tropical
  60. Terrain:
  61.      NA
  62. Natural resources:
  63.      guano, coconuts
  64. Land use:
  65. arable land:
  66.      0%
  67. permanent crops:
  68.      0%
  69. meadows and pastures:
  70.      0%
  71. forest and woodland:
  72.      0%
  73. other:
  74.      100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms)
  75. Irrigated land:
  76.      0 sq km
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  85. Environment:
  86. current issues:
  87.      NA
  88. natural hazards:
  89.      subject to periodic cyclones
  90. international agreements:
  91.      NA
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  96. #CARD:Glorioso Islands:People
  97.                                   People
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  102. Population:
  103.      uninhabited
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  108. #CARD:Glorioso Islands:Government
  109.                                 Government
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  114. Names:
  115. conventional long form:
  116.      none
  117. conventional short form:
  118. local long form:
  119.      none
  120. local short form:
  121.      Iles Glorieuses
  122. Digraph:
  123.      GO
  124. Type:
  125.      French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic,
  126.      resident in Reunion
  127. Capital:
  128.      none; administered by France from Reunion
  129. Independence:
  130.      none (possession of France)
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  135. #CARD:Glorioso Islands:Economy
  136.                                   Economy
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  141. Overview:
  142.      no economic activity
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  147. #CARD:Glorioso Islands:Communications
  148.                               Communications
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  153. Ports:
  154.      none; offshore anchorage only
  155. Airports:
  156. total:
  157.      1
  158. usable:
  159.      1
  160. with permanent-surface runways:
  161.      0
  162. with runsways over 3,659 m:
  163.      0
  164. with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
  165.      0
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  174. with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
  175.      1
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  180. #CARD:Glorioso Islands:Defense Forces
  181.                               Defense Forces
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  186. Note:
  187.      defense is the responsibility of France
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  202. GLORIOSO.0
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