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<text id=93CT1211>
<title>
St. Vincent & the Grenadines--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the eastern Caribbean Sea about three-fourths of
the way between Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 340 km2</l>
<l> land area: 340 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 84 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> contiguous zone: 24 nm</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical; little seasonal temperature variation;
rainy season (May to November)
</p>
<p>Terrain: volcanic, mountainous; Soufriere volcano on the
island of Saint Vincent
</p>
<p>Natural resources: negligible
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 38%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 12%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 6%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 41%</l>
<l> other: 3%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 10 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: subject to hurricanes; Soufriere volcano is a
constant threat
</p>
<p>Note: some islands of the Grenadines group are administered by
Grenada
</p></body></article></text>