CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 1992 via the Libraries of the Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis
 
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Source        :CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
Source key    :CI 
Program       :WORLD FACTBOOK 
Program key   :CI WOFACT 
Update sched. :Annually         
ID number     :CI WOFACT 091              
Title         :Vital Statistics - GLORIOSO ISLANDS 
Data type     :TEXT 
End year      :1993
Date of record:01/22/1993
Country       : 
| GLORIOSO ISLANDS 
Text          : 
GLORIOSO ISLANDS 
(possession of France) 
 
GEOGRAPHY 
Total area: 5 km2 
 
Land area: 5 km2; includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck 
Rock, and South Rock 
 
Comparative area: about 8.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC 
 
Land boundaries: none 
 
Coastline: 35.2 km 
 
Maritime claims: 
 
Contiguous zone: 12 nm 
 
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm 
 
Territorial sea: 12 nm 
 
Disputes: claimed by Madagascar 
 
Climate: tropical 
 
Terrain: undetermined 
 
Natural resources: guano, coconuts 
 
Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; 
forest and woodland 0%; other - lush vegetation and coconut palms 100% 

 
 
Environment: subject to periodic cyclones 
 
Note: located in the Indian Ocean just north of the Mozambique Channel 
between Africa and Madagascar 
 
PEOPLE 
Population: uninhabited 
 
GOVERNMENT 
Long-form name: none 
 
Type: French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic 
Jacques DEWATRE, resident in Reunion 
 
Capital: none; administered by France from Reunion 
 
ECONOMY 
Overview: no economic activity 
 
COMMUNICATIONS 
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only 
 
Airports: 1 with runways 1,220-2,439 m 
 
DEFENSE FORCES 
Note: defense is the responsibility of France 
 
 
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