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  1.                              THE WORLD FACTBOOK 
  2.                                  Bassas da India
  3.                                      Header
  4.  
  5.  
  6. Affiliation:
  7.     (possession of France)
  8.                              THE WORLD FACTBOOK 
  9.                                  Bassas da India
  10.                                     Geography
  11.  
  12.  
  13. Location:
  14.     Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel, about one-half
  15.     of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique
  16. Map references:
  17.     Africa
  18. Area:
  19.   total area:
  20.     0.2 km2
  21.   land area:
  22.     0.2 km2
  23.   comparative area:
  24.     NA
  25. Land boundaries:
  26.     0 km
  27. Coastline:
  28.     35.2 km
  29. Maritime claims:
  30.   exclusive economic zone:
  31.     200 nm
  32.   territorial sea:
  33.     12 nm
  34. International disputes:
  35.     claimed by Madagascar
  36. Climate:
  37.     tropical
  38. Terrain:
  39.     a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high
  40. Natural resources:
  41.     none
  42. Land use:
  43.   arable land:
  44.     0%
  45.   permanent crops:
  46.     0%
  47.   meadows and pastures:
  48.     0%
  49.   forest and woodland:
  50.     0%
  51.   other:
  52.     100% (all rock)
  53. Irrigated land:
  54.     0 sq km
  55. Environment:
  56.   current issues:
  57.     NA
  58.   natural hazards:
  59.     maritime hazard since it is usually under water during high tide and
  60.     surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones
  61.   international agreements:
  62.     NA
  63.                              THE WORLD FACTBOOK 
  64.                                  Bassas da India
  65.                                      People
  66.  
  67.  
  68. Population:
  69.     uninhabited
  70.                              THE WORLD FACTBOOK 
  71.                                  Bassas da India
  72.                                    Government
  73.  
  74.  
  75. Names:
  76.   conventional long form:
  77.     none
  78.   conventional short form:
  79.     Bassas da India
  80. Digraph:
  81.     BS
  82. Type:
  83.     French possession administered by a Commissioner of the Republic, resident
  84.     in Reunion
  85. Capital:
  86.     none; administered by France from Reunion
  87. Independence:
  88.     none (possession of France)
  89.                              THE WORLD FACTBOOK 
  90.                                  Bassas da India
  91.                                      Economy
  92.  
  93.  
  94. Overview:
  95.     no economic activity
  96.                              THE WORLD FACTBOOK 
  97.                                  Bassas da India
  98.                                  Transportation
  99.  
  100.  
  101. Ports:
  102.     none; offshore anchorage only
  103.                              THE WORLD FACTBOOK 
  104.                                  Bassas da India
  105.                                  Defense Forces
  106.  
  107.  
  108. Note:
  109.     defense is the responsibility of France
  110.