age (18) annually 42,776 (1994 est.)
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $435 million, 7.9% of GDP (1993)

@Juan de Nova Island

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Affiliation:
(possession of France)

@Juan de Nova Island, Geography

Location:
Southern Africa, in the central Mozambique Channel about one-third of
the way between Madagascar and Mozambique
Map references:
Africa
Area:
total area:
4.4 sq km
land area:
4.4 sq km
comparative area:
about 7.5 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
0 km
Coastline:
24.1 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
Climate:
tropical
Terrain:
NA
Natural resources:
guano deposits and other fertilizers
Land use:
arable land:
0%
permanent crops:
0%
meadows and pastures:
0%
forest and woodland:
90%
other:
10%
Irrigated land:
0 sq km
Environment:
current issues:
NA
natural hazards:
subject to periodic cyclones
international agreements:
NA
Note:
wildlife sanctuary

@Juan de Nova Island, People

Population:
uninhabited

@Juan de Nova Island, Government

Names:
conventional long form:
none
conventional short form:
Juan de Nova Island
local long form:
none
local short form:
Ile Juan de Nova
Digraph:
JU
Type:
French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic,
resident in Reunion
Capital:
none; administered by France from Reunion
Independence:
none (possession of France)

@Juan de Nova Island, Economy

Overview:
no economic activity

@Juan de Nova Island, Communications

Railroads:
short line going to a jetty
Ports:
none; offshore anchorage only
Airports:
total:
1
usable:
1
with permanent-surface runways:
0
with runways over 3,659 m:
0
with runways 2,439-3,659 m:
0
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
1

@Juan de Nova Island, Defense Forces

Note:
defense is the responsibility of France

@Kazakhstan, Geography

Location:
Central Asia, between Russia and Uzbekistan, bordering on the Caspian
Sea and the Aral Sea
Map references:
Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States - Central Asian States,
Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
total area:
2,717,300 sq km
land area:
2,669,800 sq km
comparative area:
slightly less t