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- Juan de Nova Island
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- Affiliation:
- (possession of France)
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- Juan de Nova Island
- Geography
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- Location:
- Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about one-third of the
- way between Madagascar and Mozambique
- Map references:
- Africa
- Area:
- total area:
- 4.4 sq km
- land area:
- 4.4 sq km
- comparative area:
- about 7.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 24.1 km
- Maritime claims:
- contiguous zone:
- 12 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200-m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- claimed by Madagascar
- Climate:
- tropical
- Terrain:
- NA
- Natural resources:
- guano deposits and other fertilizers
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 0%
- permanent crops:
- 0%
- meadows and pastures:
- 0%
- forest and woodland:
- 90%
- other:
- 10%
- Irrigated land:
- 0 sq km
- Environment:
- current issues:
- NA
- natural hazards:
- periodic cyclones
- international agreements:
- NA
- Note:
- wildlife sanctuary
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- People
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- Population:
- uninhabited
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- Government
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Juan de Nova Island
- local long form:
- none
- local short form:
- Ile Juan de Nova
- Digraph:
- JU
- Type:
- French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic, resident in
- Reunion
- Capital:
- none; administered by France from Reunion
- Independence:
- none (possession of France)
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- Economy
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- Overview:
- no economic activity
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- Transportation
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- Railroads:
- total:
- NA km; short line going to a jetty
- Ports:
- none; offshore anchorage only
- Airports:
- total:
- 1
- with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m:
- 1
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- Defense Forces
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- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of France
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