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Title         :Bassas da India 
Text          : 
                                 Bassas da India 
 
                                     Header 
 
Affiliation: 
    (possession of France) 
 
                                    Geography 
 
Location: 
    Southern Africa, islands in the southern Mozambique Channel, about one-half 


    of the way from Madagascar to Mozambique 
Map references: 
    Africa 
Area: 
  total area: 
    0.2 km2 
  land area: 
    0.2 km2 
  comparative area: 
    NA 
Land boundaries: 
    0 km 
Coastline: 
    35.2 km 
Maritime claims: 
  exclusive economic zone: 
    200 nm 
  territorial sea: 
    12 nm 
International disputes: 
    claimed by Madagascar 
Climate: 
    tropical 
Terrain: 
    a volcanic rock 2.4 meters high 
Natural resources: 
    none 
Land use: 
  arable land: 
    0% 
  permanent crops: 
    0% 
  meadows and pastures: 
    0% 
  forest and woodland: 
    0% 
  other: 
    100% (all rock) 
Irrigated land: 
    0 sq km 
Environment: 
  current issues: 
    NA 
  natural hazards: 
    maritime hazard since it is usually under water during high tide and 
    surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones 
  international agreements: 
    NA 
 
                                     People 
 
Population: 
    uninhabited 
 
                                   Government 
 
Names: 
  conventional long form: 
    none 
  conventional short form: 


    Bassas da India 
Digraph: 
    BS 
Type: 
    French possession administered by a Commissioner of the Republic, resident 
    in Reunion 
Capital: 
    none; administered by France from Reunion 
Independence: 
    none (possession of France) 
 
                                     Economy 
 
Overview: 
    no economic activity 
 
                                 Transportation 
 
Ports: 
    none; offshore anchorage only 
 
                                 Defense Forces 
 
Note: 
    defense is the responsibility of France 

This publication is also available online from the CIA (http://www.odci.gov/cia) as 1995 World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/index.html).

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The World Factbook 1995,
SuDoc No: PREX 3.15:995

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