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Geography Stats: compare key data on British Indian Ocean Territory & Philippines

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  • Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Geographic coordinates: 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.
  • Irrigated land: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
  • Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Elevation extremes > Lowest point: This entry is derived from Geography > Elevation extremes, which includes both the highest point and the lowest point.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Map references: 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.
  • Land use > Other: The percentage share of used land that is not arable or under permanent crops. This includes permanent meadows and pastures, forests and woodlands, built-on areas, roads, barren land, etc.
  • Land use > Permanent crops: The percentage share of used land on which permanent crops are grown. This is land cultivated for crops that are not replanted after each harvest like citrus, coffee, and rubber. It includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees, and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber.
  • Google Street View, year added: Year in which country was first covered by Google Street View.
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
  • Marine Coastline: Length of each country's coastline in kilometers.
STAT British Indian Ocean Territory Philippines HISTORY
Area > Comparative land area is about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Comparative to US places land area is about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Land 60 sq km
Ranked 8th.
298,170 sq km
Ranked 69th. 4970 times more than British Indian Ocean Territory

Area > Total 54,400 sq km
Ranked 129th.
300,000 sq km
Ranked 74th. 6 times more than British Indian Ocean Territory

Area > Water 54,340 sq km
Ranked 13th. 30 times more than Philippines
1,830 sq km
Ranked 92nd.

Climate tropical marine; hot, humid, moderated by trade winds tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Coastline 698 km
Ranked 96th.
36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 52 times more than British Indian Ocean Territory

Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location on Diego Garcia 15 m Mount Apo 2,954 m
Geographic coordinates 6 00 S, 71 30 E 13 00 N, 122 00 E
Irrigated land 0.0
Ranked 28th.
152,500 sq km
Ranked 5th.

Land use > Arable land 0.0
Ranked 225th.
18%
Ranked 59th.

Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of India, about halfway between Africa and Indonesia Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
Natural hazards NA astride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis
Natural resources coconuts, fish, sugarcane timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
Terrain flat and low (most areas do not exceed two meters in elevation) mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
Elevation extremes > Lowest point Indian Ocean 0 m Philippine Sea 0 m
Population density 0.0
Ranked 245th.
266.11 people per sqkm
Ranked 42nd.
Map references Political Map of the World Southeast Asia
Land use > Other 100%
Ranked 9th. 55% more than Philippines
64.67%
Ranked 214th.

Land boundaries 0 0
Land use > Permanent crops 0.0
Ranked 220th.
17.33%
Ranked 13th.

Google Street View, year added 2,013
Ranked 4th. The same as Philippines
2,012
Ranked 35th.
Note archipelago of 55 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility the Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait
Marine Coastline 698 km
Ranked 96th.
36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 52 times more than British Indian Ocean Territory

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Heal The World Foundation.; Wikipedia: Google Street View (Coverage); CIA Factbook: List of countries by coastline size

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