EUROPA ISLAND                                                                   
(French possession)                                                             
GEOGRAPHY                                                                       
Total area: 28 km2; land area: 28 km2                                           
                                                                                
Comparative area: about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC                    
                                                                                
Land boundaries: none                                                           
                                                                                
Coastline: 22.2 km                                                              
                                                                                
Maritime claims:                                                                
                                                                                
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;                                                
Territorial sea: 12 nm                                                          
                                                                                
Disputes: claimed by Madagascar                                                 
                                                                                
Climate: tropical                                                               
                                                                                
Terrain: NA                                                                     
                                                                                
Natural resources: negligible                                                   
                                                                                
Land use: arable land NA%; permanent crops NA%; meadows and                     
pastures NA%; forest and woodland NA%; other NA%; heavily wooded                
                                                                                
Environment: wildlife sanctuary                                                 
                                                                                
Note: located in the Mozambique Channel 340 km west of 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 to 2,439 m                                        
                                                                                
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only                                            
                                                                                
Telecommunications: 1 meteorological station                                    
                                                                                
DEFENSE FORCES                                                                  
Note: defense is the responsibility of France                                   
                                                                                
