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<text id=93CT1429>
<title>
Tuvalu--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Tuvalu
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Oceania, 3,000 km east of Papua New Guinea in the
South Pacific Ocean
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 26 km2</l>
<l> land area: 26 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: about 0.1 times the size of Washington,
DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 24 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; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to
November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
</p>
<p>Terrain: very low-lying and narrow coral atolls
</p>
<p>Natural resources: fish
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 100%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: severe tropical storms are rare
</p></body></article></text>