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Program       :WORLD FACTBOOK 
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ID number     :CI WOFACT 053              
Title         :CLIPPERTON ISLAND 
Data type     :TEXT 
End year      :1994
Date of record:02/16/1994
Keywords 3    : 
| CLIPPERTON ISLAND 
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CLIPPERTON ISLAND 
Affiliation: (possession of France) 
 
GEOGRAPHY 
Location: in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico 
 
Map references: World 
 
Area: 
 
total area: 7 km2 
 
land area: 7 km2 
 
comparative area: about 12 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC 
 
Land boundaries: 0 km 
 
Coastline: 11.1 km 
 
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm 
 
territorial sea: 12 nm 
 
International disputes: claimed by Mexico 
 
Climate: tropical 
 
Terrain: coral atoll 
 
Natural resources: none 
 
Land use: 
 
arable land: 0% 
 
permanent crops: 0% 
 
forest and woodland: 0% 
 
other: 100% (all coral) 
 
Irrigated land: 0 km2 
 
Environment: reef about 8 km in circumference 
 
PEOPLE 
Population: uninhabited 
 
GOVERNMENT 
Names: 
 
conventional long form: none 
 
conventional short form: Clipperton Island 
 
local long form: none 
 
local short form: Ile Clipperton 
 
former: sometimes called Ile de la Passion 
 
Digraph: IP 
 
Type: French possession administered by France from French Polynesia by 
High Commissioner of the Republic 
 
Capital: none; administered by France from French Polynesia 
 
Independence: none (possession of France) 
 
ECONOMY 
Overview: The only economic activity is a tuna fishing station. 
 
COMMUNICATIONS 
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only 
 
Defense forces 
Note: defense is the responsibility of France 
 
 
 
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