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Area > Comparative 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Comparative to US places 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC
Area > Land	26 sq km		[228th of 238]
Area > Land (per capita)	2.135 sq km per 1,000 people		[203rd of 227]
Area > Total	26 sq km		[240th of 250]
Area > Total (per capita)	2.135 sq km per 1,000 people		[208th of 231]
Area > Water	0 sq km		[146th of 239]
Area > Water (per capita)	0 sq km per million people		[145th of 225]
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	24 km		[213rd of 271]
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 nine 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	0%		[213rd of 258]
Land use > Other	33.33%		[242nd of 258]
Land use > Permanent crops	66.67%		[1st of 258]
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	24 nautical mile		[3rd of 83]
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone	200 nautical mile		[3rd of 123]
Maritime claims > Territorial sea	12 nautical mile		[8th of 191]
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
northernmost point > Latitude	05°39'S
Population density	407.23 people per sqkm		[21st of 256]
Terrain very low-lying and narrow coral atolls

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