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<title>
Monaco: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Monaco
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, in
southern France near the border with Italy
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 1.9 km2</l>
<l> land area: 1.9 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: about three times the size of the Mall in
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 4.4 km, France 4.4 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 4.1 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers
</p>
<p>Terrain: hilly, rugged, rocky
</p>
<p>Natural resources: none
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 100%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: almost entirely urban
</p>
<p>Note: second smallest independent state in world (after Holy See)
</p></body></article></text>