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  • Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Land use > Other: The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone: Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the LOS Convention (Part V) defines the EEZ as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal State has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natura
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
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Area > Comparative to US places about 2.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Land 1.4 sq km
Ranked 17th. 		298,170 sq km
Ranked 69th. 212979 times more than Baker Island
Area > Total 1.4 sq km
Ranked 15th. 		300,000 sq km
Ranked 74th. 214286 times more than Baker Island
Climate equatorial; scant rainfall, constant wind, burning sun tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Coastline 4.8 km
Ranked 222nd. 		36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 7560 times more than Baker Island
Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location 8 m Mount Apo 2,954 m
Geographic coordinates 0 13 N, 176 28 W 13 00 N, 122 00 E
Note treeless, sparse, and scattered vegetation consisting of grasses, prostrate vines, and low growing shrubs; primarily a nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for seabirds, shorebirds, and marine wildlife the Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait
Land use > Other 100%
Ranked 25th. 55% more than Philippines 		64.67%
Ranked 214th.
Location Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nautical mile
Ranked 13th. The same as Philippines 		200 nautical mile
Ranked 90th.
Natural hazards the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
Natural resources guano (deposits worked until 1891), terrestrial and aquatic wildlife timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
Population density 0.0
Ranked 250th. 		266.11 people per sqkm
Ranked 42nd.
Terrain low, nearly level coral island surrounded by a narrow fringing reef mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands

SOURCES: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Heal The World Foundation.

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