_#_Disputes: claimed by Madagascar
_#_Climate: tropical
_#_Terrain: undetermined
_#_Natural resources: guano, coconuts
_#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures
0%; forest and woodland 0%; other--lush vegetation and coconut palms 100%
_#_Environment: subject to periodic cyclones
_#_Note: located in the Indian Ocean just north of the Mozambique
Channel between Africa and Madagascar
_*_People
_#_Population: uninhabited
_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: none
_#_Type: French possession administered by Commissioner of the
Republic Daniel CONSTANTIN, resident in Reunion
_*_Economy
_#_Overview: no economic activity
_*_Communications
_#_Airports: 1 with runway 1,220-2,439 m
_#_Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
_*_Defense Forces
_#_Note: defense is the responsibility of France
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_@_Greece
_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 131,940 km2; land area: 130,800 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Alabama
_#_Land boundaries: 1,228 km total; Albania 282 km, Bulgaria 494 km,
Turkey 206 km, Yugoslavia 246 km
_#_Coastline: 13,676 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation;