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Location:	island 150 miles southeast of Puerto Rico
Geographic coordinates:	18 05 N 63 57 W
Map references:	Central America and the Caribbean
Area:	total: 53.2 sq km land: 53.2 sq km water: NEGL
Area - comparative:	more than one-third the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:	total: 15 km border countries: Sint Maarten 15 km
Coastline:	58.9 km (for entire island)
Elevation extremes:	lowest point: Caribbean Ocean 0 m highest point: Pic Paradis 414 m
Natural resources:	salt

Population:	33,102 (October 2004 census)
Languages:	French (official language), English

Country name:	conventional long form: Overseas Collectivity of Saint Martin conventional short form: Saint Martin local long form: Collectivity d'outre mer de Saint-Martin local short form: Saint-Martin
Capital:	name: Marigot geographical coordinates: time difference: UTC-4 (1 hour behind Washington, DC, during Standard Time) daylight savings: +1 hour
Independence:	none (overseas collectivity of France)
National holiday:	Bastille Day, 14 July (1789)
Constitution:	4 October 1958 (French Constitution)
Legal system:	based on French system
Suffrage:	18 years of age, universal
Executive branch:	chief of state: President Jaques CHIRAC of France (since 17 May 1995), represented by Prefect Dominique LACROIX (since 7 March 2007) head of government: cabinet: Executive Council; note - there is also an advisory economic, social, and cultural council election: French predident elected by popular vote to a five-year term; prefect appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the Territorial Council is elected by the members of the Council
Legislative branch:	unicameral Territorial Council (23 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) elections: first round to be held 1 July 2007, second round to be held 8 July 2007
Diplomatic representation in the US:	none (overseas collectivity of France)
Diplomatic representation from the US:	none (overseas collectivity of France)
Flag description:	the flag of France is used

Military - note:

defense is the responsibility of France

This page was last updated on 15 May, 2007