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- <text id=94CT0050><title>Antigua and Barbuda—Geography</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Antigua and Barbuda<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Caribbean, in the eastern Caribbean Sea, about 420 km east-southeast of Puerto Rico
- <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 440 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 440 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
- <item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> includes Redonda
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- <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> 0 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 153 km
- <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>contiguous zone:</hi> 24 nm
- <item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive economic zone:</hi> 200 nm
- <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 12 nm
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- <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> none
- <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> tropical marine; little seasonal temperature variation
- <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> mostly low-lying limestone and coral islands with some higher volcanic areas
- <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> negligible; pleasant climate fosters tourism
- <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 18%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 7%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 16%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 59%
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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> insufficient freshwater resources
- <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to hurricanes and tropical storms (July to October)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Whaling
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