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  1.                               Bassas da India
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
  5.  
  6.                                   Header
  7.  
  8.  
  9. Affiliation:
  10.      (possession of France)
  11.  
  12.  
  13.                                  Geography
  14.  
  15.  
  16. Location:
  17.      Southern Africa, in the southern Mozambique Channel about halfway
  18.      between Madagascar and Mozambique
  19. Map references:
  20.      Africa
  21. Area:
  22. total area:
  23.      NA km2
  24. land area:
  25.      NA km2
  26. comparative area:
  27.      NA
  28. Land boundaries:
  29.      0 km
  30. Coastline:
  31.      35.2 km
  32. Maritime claims:
  33. contiguous zone:
  34.      24 nm
  35. continental shelf:
  36.      200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
  37. exclusive economic zone:
  38.      200 nm
  39. territorial sea:
  40.      12 nm
  41. International disputes:
  42.      claimed by Madagascar
  43. Climate:
  44.      tropical
  45. Terrain:
  46.      a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high
  47. Natural resources:
  48.      none
  49. Land use:
  50. arable land:
  51.      0%
  52. permanent crops:
  53.      0%
  54. meadows and pastures:
  55.      0%
  56. forest and woodland:
  57.      0%
  58. other:
  59.      100% (all rock)
  60. Irrigated land:
  61.      0 sq km
  62.  
  63.  
  64.  
  65.  
  66. Environment:
  67. current issues:
  68.      NA
  69. natural hazards:
  70.      surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
  71. international agreements:
  72.      NA
  73. Note:
  74.      navigational hazard since it is usually under water during high tide
  75.  
  76.  
  77.                                   People
  78.  
  79.  
  80. Population:
  81.      uninhabited
  82.  
  83.  
  84.                                 Government
  85.  
  86.  
  87. Names:
  88. conventional long form:
  89.      none
  90. conventional short form:
  91. Digraph:
  92.      BS
  93. Type:
  94.      French possession administered by a Commissioner of the Republic,
  95.      resident in Reunion
  96. Capital:
  97.      none; administered by France from Reunion
  98. Independence:
  99.      none (possession of France)
  100.  
  101.  
  102.                                   Economy
  103.  
  104.  
  105. Overview:
  106.      no economic activity
  107.  
  108.  
  109.                               Communications
  110.  
  111.  
  112. Ports:
  113.      none; offshore anchorage only
  114.  
  115.  
  116.                               Defense Forces
  117.  
  118.  
  119. Note:
  120.      defense is the responsibility of France
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