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Source        :CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
Source key    :CI 
Program       :WORLD FACTBOOK 
Program key   :CI WOFACT 
Update sched. :Annually         
ID number     :CI WOFACT 053              
Title         :Vital Statistics - CLIPPERTON ISLAND 
Data type     :TEXT 
End year      :1993
Date of record:01/22/1993
Country       : 
| CLIPPERTON ISLAND 
Text          : 
CLIPPERTON ISLAND 
(possession of France) 
 
GEOGRAPHY 
Total area: 7 km2 
 
Land area: 7 km2 
 
Comparative area: about 12 times the size of the Mall in Washington, DC 
 
Land boundaries: none 
 
Coastline: 11.1 km 
 
Maritime claims: 
 
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm 
 
Territorial sea: 12 nm 
 
Disputes: claimed by Mexico 
 
Climate: tropical 
 
Terrain: coral atoll 
 
Natural resources: none 
 
Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; 
forest and woodland 0%; other (coral) 100% 
 
Environment: reef about 8 km in circumference 
 
Note: located 1,120 km southwest of Mexico in the North Pacific Ocean; 
also called Ile de la Passion 
 
PEOPLE 
Population: uninhabited 
 
GOVERNMENT 
Long-form name: none 
 
Type: French possession administered by France from French Polynesia by 
High Commissioner of the Republic Jean MONTPEZAT 
 
Capital: none; administered by France from French Polynesia 
 

 
ECONOMY 
Overview: The only economic activity is a tuna fishing station. 
 
COMMUNICATIONS 
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only 
 
DEFENSE FORCES 
Note: defense is the responsibility of France 
 
 
 
 
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