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Area > Comparative slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut
Area > Land	3,660 sq km		[171st of 238]
Area > Total	4,167 sq km		[178th of 250]
Area > Water	507 sq km		[102nd of 239]
Climate	tropical, but moderate
Coastline	2,525 km		[53rd of 271]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Mont Orohena 2,241 m
Forested Land	28.7%		[90th of 193]
Geographic coordinates	15 00 S, 140 00 W
Land use > Arable land	0.75%		[200th of 258]
Location Oceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Ocean about half way between South America and Australia
Map references Oceania
Natural hazards occasional cyclonic storms in January
Natural resources timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower
Population density	66.14 people per sqkm		[125th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	70.11 people/m²		[111st of 204]
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land	3,979.72 people/km² of arable lan		[3rd of 188]
Surface area > sq. km	4,000 km²		[167th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain	Mont Orohena
Terrain mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs

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