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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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • 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.
  • Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone: Exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the LOS Convention (Part V) defines the EEZ as a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal State has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natura
  • Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Population density: People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.
  • Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Note: This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
STAT Europa Island Philippines HISTORY
Area > Comparative about 0.16 times the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Comparative to US places about 0.16 times the size of Washington, DC slightly larger than Arizona
Area > Land 28 sq km
Ranked 9th.
298,170 sq km
Ranked 69th. 10649 times more than Europa Island

Area > Total 28 sq km
Ranked 7th.
300,000 sq km
Ranked 74th. 10714 times more than Europa Island

Climate tropical tropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)
Coastline 22.2 km
Ranked 212th.
36,289 km
Ranked 5th. 1635 times more than Europa Island

Elevation extremes > Highest point unnamed location 24 m Mount Apo 2,954 m
Geographic coordinates 22 20 S, 40 22 E 13 00 N, 122 00 E
Land use > Other 100%
Ranked 14th. 55% more than Philippines
64.67%
Ranked 214th.

Location Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about half way between southern Madagascar and southern Mozambique Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam
Map references <a href="/region/AFR" >Africa</a> Southeast Asia
Maritime claims > Exclusive economic zone 200 nautical mile
Ranked 4th. The same as Philippines
200 nautical mile
Ranked 90th.

Natural resources NEGL timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper
Population density 0.0
Ranked 243th.
266.11 people per sqkm
Ranked 42nd.
Terrain low and flat mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands
Note wildlife sanctuary 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

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Heal The World Foundation.

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