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  1.                                                                                 Geography
  2.  
  3. Total area: 702 km2
  4.  
  5. Land area: 702 km2; includes Pohnpei, Truk, Yap, and Kosrae
  6.  
  7. Comparative area: slightly less than four times the size of
  8. Washington, DC
  9.  
  10. Land boundaries: none
  11.  
  12. Coastline: 6,112 km
  13.  
  14. Maritime claims: -- Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm --
  15. Territorial sea: 12 nm
  16.  
  17. Disputes: none
  18.  
  19. Climate: tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the
  20. eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt
  21. with occasional severe damage
  22.  
  23. Terrain: islands vary geologically from high mountainous
  24. islands to low, coral atolls; volcanic outcroppings on Pohnpei,
  25. Kosrae, and Truk
  26.  
  27. Natural resources: forests, marine products, deep-seabed
  28. minerals
  29.  
  30. Land use: arable land NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and
  31. pastures NA%; forest and woodland NA%; other NA%
  32.  
  33. Environment: subject to typhoons from June to December; four
  34. major island groups totaling 607 islands
  35.  
  36. Note: located 5,150 km west-southwest of Honolulu in the North
  37. Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way between Hawaii
  38. and Indonesia  
  39.  
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