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  1.                                                                                 Geography
  2.  
  3. Total area: 748 km2
  4.  
  5. Land area: 718 km2
  6.  
  7. Comparative area: slightly more than four times the size of
  8. Washington, DC
  9.  
  10. Land boundaries: none
  11.  
  12. Coastline: 419 km
  13.  
  14. Maritime claims: -- Continental shelf: no specific limits --
  15. Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm -- Territorial sea: 12 nm
  16.  
  17. Disputes: none
  18.  
  19. Climate: tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season
  20. (December to May), cool season (May to December)
  21.  
  22. Terrain: most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted
  23. coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base
  24.  
  25. Natural resources: fish, fertile soil
  26.  
  27. Land use: arable land 25%; permanent crops 55%; meadows and
  28. pastures 6%; forest and woodland 12%; other 2%
  29.  
  30. Environment: archipelago of 170 islands (36 inhabited); subject
  31. to cyclones (October to April); deforestation
  32.  
  33. Note: located about 2,250 km north-northwest of New Zealand,
  34. about two-thirds of the way between Hawaii and New Zealand  
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