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Area > Comparative
about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC |
Area > Comparative to US places
about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC |
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Area > Land
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232 sq km
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[232nd of 236]
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Area > Water
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167 sq km
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[167th of 237]
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Climate
tropical; humid, average temperature 20-32 degrees C, wet season (May to October) |
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Coastline
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203 km
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[203rd of 249]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Rocher Clipperton 29 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Pacific Ocean 0 m |
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Geographic coordinates
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10 17 N, 109 13 W |
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Geography > Note
reef 12 km in circumference |
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Irrigated land
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182 sq km
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[182nd of 185]
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Land use > Arable land
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231 %
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[231st of 241]
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Land use > Other
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5 %
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[5th of 241]
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Location
Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico |
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Map references
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Other |
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Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone
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36 nm
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[36th of 121]
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Maritime claims > Territorial sea
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33 nm
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[33rd of 190]
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Natural resources
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fish |
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Population density
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242 people per sqkm |
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[242nd of 256]
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Terrain
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coral atoll |
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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).
; Total land area in square kilometres
; 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 of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
; 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 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
; territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
; 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
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Clipperton Island, Ile Clipperton
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