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  1.                              Glorioso Islands
  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 Indian Ocean just north of Madagascar
  18. Map references:
  19.      Africa
  20. Area:
  21. total area:
  22.      5 sq km
  23. land area:
  24.      5 sq km
  25. comparative area:
  26.      about 8.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
  27. note:
  28.      includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and South
  29.      Rock
  30. Land boundaries:
  31.      0 km
  32. Coastline:
  33.      35.2 km
  34. Maritime claims:
  35. contiguous zone:
  36.      12 nm
  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.      NA
  47. Natural resources:
  48.      guano, coconuts
  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 lush vegetation and coconut palms)
  60. Irrigated land:
  61.      0 sq km
  62.  
  63.  
  64.  
  65.  
  66. Environment:
  67. current issues:
  68.      NA
  69. natural hazards:
  70.      subject to periodic cyclones
  71. international agreements:
  72.      NA
  73.  
  74.  
  75.                                   People
  76.  
  77.  
  78. Population:
  79.      uninhabited
  80.  
  81.  
  82.                                 Government
  83.  
  84.  
  85. Names:
  86. conventional long form:
  87.      none
  88. conventional short form:
  89. local long form:
  90.      none
  91. local short form:
  92.      Iles Glorieuses
  93. Digraph:
  94.      GO
  95. Type:
  96.      French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic,
  97.      resident in Reunion
  98. Capital:
  99.      none; administered by France from Reunion
  100. Independence:
  101.      none (possession of France)
  102.  
  103.  
  104.                                   Economy
  105.  
  106.  
  107. Overview:
  108.      no economic activity
  109.  
  110.  
  111.                               Communications
  112.  
  113.  
  114. Ports:
  115.      none; offshore anchorage only
  116. Airports:
  117. total:
  118.      1
  119. usable:
  120.      1
  121. with permanent-surface runways:
  122.      0
  123. with runsways over 3,659 m:
  124.      0
  125. with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
  126.      0
  127.  
  128.  
  129.  
  130.  
  131. with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
  132.      1
  133.  
  134.  
  135.                               Defense Forces
  136.  
  137.  
  138. Note:
  139.      defense is the responsibility of France
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