NationMaster - Tuvaluan Geography statistics

Area > Comparative 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	226 sq km	[226th of 236]
Area > Total	238 sq km	[238th of 248]
Area > Water	158 sq km	[158th of 237]
Capital city with population	Funafuti - 3,839
Climate tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
Coastline	199 km	[199th of 249]
Elevation extremes > Highest point	unnamed location 5 m
Elevation extremes > Lowest point	Pacific Ocean 0 m
Geographic coordinates	8 00 S, 178 00 E
Geography > Note one of the smallest and most remote countries on Earth; six of the 9 coral atolls - Nanumea, Nui, Vaitupu, Nukufetau, Funafuti, and Nukulaelae - have lagoons open to the ocean; Nanumaya and Niutao have landlocked lagoons; Niulakita does not have a lagoon
Land use > Arable land	234 %	[234th of 241]
Largest city with population	Funafuti - 3,839
Location Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia
Map references Oceania
Maritime claims > Contiguous zone	65 nm	[65th of 82]
Natural hazards severe tropical storms are usually rare, but, in 1997, there were three cyclones; low level of islands make them sensitive to changes in sea level
Natural resources	fish
Population density	21 people per sqkm	[21st of 256]
Terrain very low-lying and narrow coral atolls

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