Country:  Europa Island
(French possession)
- Geography
Total area: 28 km2; land area: 28 km2
 
Comparative area: about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC
 
Land boundaries: none
 
Coastline: 22.2 km
 
Maritime claims:
 
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
 
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;
 
Extended economic zone: 200 nm;
 
Territorial sea: 12 nm
 
Disputes: claimed by Madagascar
 
Climate: tropical
 
Terrain: NA
 
Natural resources: negligible
 
Land use: NA% arable land; NA% permanent crops; NA% meadows and pastures;
NA% forest and woodland; NA% other; heavily wooded
 
Environment: wildlife sanctuary
 
Note: located in the Mozambique Channel 340 km west of Madagascar
 
- People
Population: uninhabited
 
- Government
Long-form name: none
 
Type: French possession administered by Commissioner of
the Republic Daniel CONSTANTIN, resident in Reunion
 
- Economy
Overview: no economic activity
 
- Communications
Airports: 1 with runway 1,220 to 2,439 m
 
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
 
Telecommunications: 1 meteorological station
 
- Defense Forces
Note: defense is the responsibility of France