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ITEM ID     : CI WOFACT WO0053
DATE        : Oct 28, 1994
 
AGENCY      : CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
PROGRAM     : WORLD FACTBOOK
TITLE       : World Factbook: Clipperton Island
 
Source key      : CI 
Program key     : CI WOFACT 
Update sched.   : Annually         
Data type       : TEXT 
End year        : 1994
Date of record  : 19941020
Keywords 3      :  
Keywords 3      : | Clipperton Island 
 
 
                             Clipperton Island
 
 
                                  Header
 
Affiliation:
     (possession of France)
 
                                 Geography
 
Location:
     Middle America, in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of
     Mexico
Map references:
     World
Area:
total area:
     7 sq km
land area:
     7 sq km
comparative area:
     about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
     0 km
Coastline:
     11.1 km
Maritime claims:
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%
meadows and pastures:
     0%
forest and woodland:
     0%
other:
     100% (all coral)
Irrigated land:
     0 sq km
Environment:
current issues:
     NA
natural hazards:
     NA
 
 
international agreements:
     NA
Note:
     reef about 8 km in circumference
 
                                  People
 
Population:
     uninhabited
 
                                Government
 
Names:
conventional long form:
     none
conventional short form:
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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This section of THE WORLD FACTBOOK 1994 produced by the United States
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was derived from the US Dept. of Commerce
Economics and Statistics Division's NATIONAL TRADE DATA BANK (NTDB) CD-ROM,
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