NationMaster - British Indian Ocean Territory Geography statistics

Area > A note includes the entire Chagos Archipelago
Area > Comparative land area is about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places land area is about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Note includes the entire Chagos Archipelago of 55 islands
Area > Total	132 sq km	[132nd of 248]
Area > Water	13 sq km	[13th of 237]
Climate tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds
Coastline	101 km	[101st of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Indian Ocean 0 m
Geographic coordinates 6 00 S, 71 30 E; note - Diego Garcia 7 20 S, 72 25 E
Geography > Note archipelago of 55 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility
Irrigated land	171 sq km	[171st of 185]
Land use > Other	24 %	[24th of 241]
Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of India, about one-half the way from Africa to Indonesia
Map references	Other
Maritime claims > Exclusive fishing zone	6 nm	[6th of 33]
Natural resources	coconuts, fish, sugarcane
Population density	237 people per sqkm	[237th of 256]
Terrain flat and low (most areas do not exceed two meters in elevation)

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SOURCES: ; The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America. ; 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). ; This entry includes three subfields. Total area is the sum of all land and water areas delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. Land area is the aggregate of all surfaces delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines, excluding inland water bodies (lakes, reservoirs, rivers). Water area is the sum of the surfaces of all inland water bodies, such as lakes, reservoirs, or rivers, as delimited by international boundaries and/or coastlines. ; Total area in square kilometers ; Total water area in square kilometers ; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year. ; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea. ; Highest point above sea level ; Lowest point relative to sea level ; 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. ; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere. ; The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water. ; 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. ; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water. ; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. ; Exclusive fishing zone - while this term is not used in the LOS Convention, some States (e.g. the United Kingdom) have chosen not to claim an EEZ, but rather to claim jurisdiction over the living resources off their coast; in such cases, the term exclusive fishing zone is often used. ; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance. ; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; A brief description of the topography

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