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| World Fact Book
| Mark H. Solsman
| Documentation Training and Publications, Center for Academic Computing
| mhs108@psu.edu  10/19/93
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_@_Clipperton Island Geography
 
Total area:
    7 km2
Land area:
    7 km2
Comparative area:
    about 12 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
    none
Coastline:
    11.1 km
Maritime claims:
  Exclusive economic zone:
    200 nm
  Territorial sea:
    12 nm
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 (coral) 100%
Environment:
    reef about 8 km in circumference
Note:
    located 1,120 km southwest of Mexico in the North Pacific Ocean; also called
    Ile de la Passion
 
:Clipperton Island People
 
Population:
    uninhabited
 
:Clipperton Island Government
 
Long-form name:
    none
Type:
    French possession administered by France from French Polynesia by High
    Commissioner of the Republic Jean MONTPEZAT
Capital:
    none; administered by France from French Polynesia
 
:Clipperton Island Economy
 
Overview:
    The only economic activity is a tuna fishing station.
 
:Clipperton Island Communications
 
Ports:
    none; offshore anchorage only
 
:Clipperton Island Defense Forces
 
Note:
    defense is the responsibility of France
 
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