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- <text id=94CT1230><title>San Marino—Geography</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: San Marino<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy
- <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 60 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 60 sq km
- <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
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- <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 39 km, Italy 39 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> Mediterranean; mild to cool winters; warm, sunny summers
- <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> rugged mountains
- <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> building stone
- <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 17%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 0%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 83%
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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>international agreements:</hi> NA
- <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> NA
- <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> signed, but not ratified—Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change
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- <item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> landlocked; smallest independent state in Europe after the Holy See and Monaco; dominated by the Apennines
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