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Area > Comparative 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	261 sq km		[207th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	261 sq km		[217th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population	Basseterre - 19,000
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Elevation extremes > Highest point	Mount Liamuiga 1,156 m
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Forested Land	11.1%		[143rd of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	17 20 N, 62 45 W
Source: FAO
Land use > Arable land	19.44%		[58th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Basse-Terre
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	12,000		[170th of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population	Basseterre - 19,000
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Central America and the Caribbean
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards hurricanes (July to October)
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources	arable land
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	159.25 people per sqkm		[64th of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	133.33 people/m²		[67th of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Surface area > sq. km	360 km²		[193rd of 206]
Source: World Development Indicators database
tallest mountains > Mountain	Mount Liamuiga
Source: World Development Indicators database

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