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- <text id=94CT0024><title>Andorra—Geography</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Andorra<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Southwestern Europe, between France and Spain
- <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 450 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 450 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
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- <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 125 km, France 60 km, Spain 65 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 0 km (landlocked)
- <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi> none; landlocked
- <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> none
- <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> temperate; snowy, cold winters and cool, dry summers
- <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> rugged mountains dissected by narrow valleys
- <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> hydropower, mineral water, timber, iron ore, lead
- <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 2%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 56%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 22%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 20%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> NA sq km
- <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion
- <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
- <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> NA
- </list>
- <item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> landlocked
- </list></body></article></text>
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