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- @node Header (Clipperton Island)
- @section Header (Clipperton Island)
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- @display
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- Affiliation:
- (possession of France)
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- @node Geography (Clipperton Island)
- @section Geography (Clipperton Island)
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- @display
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- Location:
- in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico
- Map references:
- World
- Area:
- total area:
- 7 km2
- land area:
- 7 km2
- comparative area:
- about 12 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 11.1 km
- Maritime claims:
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- claimed by Mexico
- Climate:
- tropical
- Terrain:
- coral atoll
- Natural resources:
- none
- Land use:
- arable land:
- 0%
- permanent crops:
- 0%
- meadows and pastures:
- 0%
- forest and woodland:
- 0%
- other:
- 100% (all coral)
- Irrigated land:
- 0 km2
- Environment:
- reef about 8 km in circumference
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- @node People (Clipperton Island)
- @section People (Clipperton Island)
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- @display
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- Population:
- uninhabited
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- @node Government (Clipperton Island)
- @section Government (Clipperton Island)
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- @display
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Clipperton Island
- local long form:
- none
- local short form:
- Ile Clipperton
- former:
- sometimes called Ile de la Passion
- Digraph: IP
- Type:
- French possession administered by France from French Polynesia by High
- Commissioner of the Republic
- Capital:
- none; administered by France from French Polynesia
- Independence:
- none (possession of France)
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- @node Economy (Clipperton Island)
- @section Economy (Clipperton Island)
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- @display
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- Overview:
- The only economic activity is a tuna fishing station.
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- @node Communications (Clipperton Island)
- @section Communications (Clipperton Island)
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- @display
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- Ports:
- none; offshore anchorage only
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- @end display
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- @node Defense Forces (Clipperton Island)
- @section Defense Forces (Clipperton Island)
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- @display
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- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of France
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- @end display
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