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Area > Comparative
slightly smaller than California |
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Area > Total
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66 sq km
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[66th of 248]
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Area > Water
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74 sq km
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[74th of 237]
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Capital city with population
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Tokyo - 12,527,115 |
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Climate
varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north |
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Coastline
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10 km
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[10th of 249]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Mount Fuji 3,776 m |
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Forested Land
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16% |
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[16th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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36 00 N, 138 00 E |
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Geography > Note
strategic location in northeast Asia |
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Irrigated land
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22 sq km
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[22nd of 185]
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Largest city population
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1 |
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[1st of 174]
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Largest city with population
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Tokyo - 12,527,115 |
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Location
Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula |
Map references
Asia |
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Maritime claims > Contiguous zone
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40 nm
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[40th of 82]
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Natural resources
negligible mineral resources, fish |
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Population density
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31 people per sqkm |
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[31st of 256]
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Precipitation
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19 mm |
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[19th of 95]
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Terrain
mostly rugged and mountainous |
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SOURCES: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
; Total area in square kilometers
; Total water area in square kilometers
; Capital cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; 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
; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; 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 population of the country's largest city; Largest cities including most recent population (estimates included). Populations are figures only within the city limits, unless otherwise specified. All populations are from 2001 t0 2005 unless otherwise specified.; 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.
; Contiguous zone - according to the LOS Convention (Article 33), this is a zone contiguous to a coastal State's territorial sea, over which it may exercise the control necessary to: prevent infringement of its customs, fiscal, immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea; punish infringement of the above laws and regulations committed within its territory or territorial sea; the contiguous zone may not extend beyond 24 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured (e.g. the US has claimed a 12-mile contiguous zone in addition to its 12-mile territorial sea). 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.; Average Annual Precipitation in Largest City (mm, 1931-1960); A brief description of the topography
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