Country:  Juan de Nova Island
(French possession)
- Geography
Total area: 4.4 km2; land area: 4.4 km2
 
Comparative area: about 7.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
 
Land boundaries: none
 
Coastline: 24.1 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: undetermined
 
Natural resources: guano deposits and other fertilizers
 
Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and
pastures; 90% forest and woodland; 10% other
 
Environment: subject to periodic cyclones; wildlife sanctuary
 
Note: located in the central Mozambique Channel about halfway
between Africa and 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
Railroads: short line going to a jetty
 
Airports: 1 with nonpermanent-surface runway less than 1,220 m
 
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
 
Note: one weather station
 
- Defense Forces
Note: defense is the responsibility of France