ARCHIVE // RE // 1993
Juan de Nova Island
1993 Edition — territory
Communications
Airports
[time series]
total: 1 usable: 1 with permament-surface runways: 0 with runways over 3,659 m: 0 with runways 2,439-3,659 m: 0 with runways 1,220-2,439 m: 1
Ports
[time series]
none; offshore anchorage only
Railways
(Railroads)
[time series]
short line going to a jetty
Defense Forces
Note
[time series]
defense is the responsibility of France
Economy
Economic overview
(Overview)
[time series]
no economic activity
Geography
Area
[time series]
total area: 4.4 km2 land area: 4.4 km2 comparative area: about 7.5 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC
Climate
[time series]
tropical
Coastline
[time series]
24.1 km
Environment - current issues
(Environment)
[time series]
subject to periodic cyclones; wildlife sanctuary
Disputes - international
(International disputes)
[time series]
claimed by Madagascar
Irrigated land
[time series]
0 km2
Land boundaries
[time series]
0 km
Land use
[time series]
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 90% other: 10%
Location
[time series]
Southern Africa, in the central Mozambique Channel about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique
Map references
[time series]
Africa
Maritime claims
[time series]
contiguous zone: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 m depth or to depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Natural resources
[time series]
guano deposits and other fertilizers
Terrain
[time series]
NA
Government
Capital
[time series]
none; administered by France from Reunion
Digraph
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JU
Independence
[time series]
none (possession of France)
Country name
(Names)
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conventional long form: none conventional short form: Juan de Nova Island local long form: none local short form: Ile Juan de Nova
Government type
(Type)
[time series]
French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion
People
Population
[time series]
uninhibited