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Source        :CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
Source key    :CI 
Program       :WORLD FACTBOOK 
Program key   :CI WOFACT 
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ID number     :CI WOFACT 093              
Title         :GLORIOSO ISLANDS 
Data type     :TEXT 
End year      :1994
Date of record:02/16/1994
Keywords 3    : 
| GLORIOSO ISLANDS 
Text          : 
GLORIOSO ISLANDS 
Affiliation: (possession of France) 
 
GEOGRAPHY 
Location: Southern Africa, in the Indian Ocean just north of Madagascar 
 
Area: 
 
total area: 5 km2 
 
land area: 5 km2 
 
comparative area: about 8.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC 
 
note: includes Ile Glorieuse, Ile du Lys, Verte Rocks, Wreck Rock, and 
South Rock 
 
Land boundaries: 0 km 
 
Coastline: 35.2 km 
 
contiguous zone: 12 nm 
 
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm 
 
territorial sea: 12 nm 
 
International disputes: claimed by Madagascar 
 
Climate: tropical 
 
Terrain: NA 
 
Natural resources: guano, coconuts 
 
Land use: 
 
arable land: 0% 
 
permanent crops: 0% 
 
meadows and pastures: 0% 
 
forest and woodland: 0% 
 
other: 100% (all lush vegetation and coconut palms) 
 
Irrigated land: 0 km2 
 
Environment: subject to periodic cyclones 
 
PEOPLE 
Population: unihabited 
 
GOVERNMENT 
Names: 
 
conventional long form: none 
 
conventional short form: Glorioso Islands 
 
local long form: none 
 
local short form: Iles Glorieuses 
 
Type: French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic, 
resident in Reunion 
 
Capital: none; administered by France from Reunion 
 
Independence: none (possession of France) 
 
ECONOMY 
Overview: no economic activity 
 
COMMUNICATIONS 
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only 
 
Airports: 
 
total: 1 
 
usable: 1 
 
with permanent-surface runways: 0 
 
with runsways over 3,6359 m: 0 
 
with runways 2,440-3,659 m: 0 
 
with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1 
 
Defense forces 
Note: defense is the responsibility of France 
 
 
 
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