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- @node Header (Tromelin Island)
- @section Header (Tromelin Island)
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- @display
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- Affiliation:
- (possession of France)
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- @node Geography (Tromelin Island)
- @section Geography (Tromelin Island)
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- @display
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- Location:
- in the western Indian Ocean, 350 km east of Madagascar and 600 km north of
- Reunion
- Map references:
- World
- Area:
- total area:
- 1 km2
- land area:
- 1 km2
- comparative area:
- about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
- Land boundaries:
- 0 km
- Coastline:
- 3.7 km
- Maritime claims:
- contiguous zone:
- 12 nm
- continental shelf:
- 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone:
- 200 nm
- territorial sea:
- 12 nm
- International disputes:
- claimed by Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles
- Climate:
- tropical
- Terrain:
- sandy
- Natural resources:
- fish
- Land use:
- arable land: 0%
- permanent crops:
- 0%
- meadows and pastures:
- 0%
- forest and woodland:
- 0%
- other:
- 100% (scattered bushes)
- Irrigated land:
- 0 km2
- Environment:
- wildlife sanctuary
- Note:
- climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones
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- @end display
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- @node People (Tromelin Island)
- @section People (Tromelin Island)
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- @display
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- Population:
- uninhabited
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- @node Government (Tromelin Island)
- @section Government (Tromelin Island)
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- @display
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- Names:
- conventional long form:
- none
- conventional short form:
- Tromelin Island
- local long form:
- none
- local short form:
- Ile Tromelin
- Digraph:
- TE
- Type:
- French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic, resident in
- Reunion
- Capital:
- none; administered by France from Reunion
- Independence:
- none (possession of France)
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- @end display
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- @node Economy (Tromelin Island)
- @section Economy (Tromelin Island)
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- @display
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- Overview:
- no economic activity
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- @end display
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- @node Communications (Tromelin Island)
- @section Communications (Tromelin Island)
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- @display
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- Ports:
- none; offshore anchorage only
- Airports:
- total:
- 1
- usable:
- 1
- with permanent-surface runways:
- 0
- with runways over 3,659 m:
- 0
- with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
- 0
- with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
- 0
- Telecommunications:
- important meteorological station
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- @end display
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- @node Defense Forces (Tromelin Island)
- @section Defense Forces (Tromelin 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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