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Area > Comparative slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut
Area > Land	3,660 sq km		[171st of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	4,167 sq km		[178th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Area > Water	507 sq km		[102nd of 239]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate	tropical, but moderate
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Coastline	2,525 km		[53rd of 271]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Mont Orohena 2,241 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land	28.7%		[90th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	15 00 S, 140 00 W
Source: FAO
Land use > Arable land	0.75%		[200th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Location Oceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Ocean about half way between South America and Australia
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Map references Oceania
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards occasional cyclonic storms in January
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources timber, fish, cobalt, hydropower
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	66.14 people per sqkm		[125th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	70.11 people/m²		[111st of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Rural population density > rural population per sq. km of arable land	3,979.72 people/km² of arable lan		[3rd of 188]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	4,000 km²		[167th of 206]
Source: World Development Indicators database
tallest mountains > Mountain	Mont Orohena
Source: World Development Indicators database
Terrain mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs
Source: Wikipedia: List of tallest mountains by country

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