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Title         :Navassa Island 
Text          : 
                                 Navassa Island 
 
                                     Header 
 
Affiliation: 
    (territory of the US) 
 
                                    Geography 
 
Location: 
    Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, about one-fourth of the way from 
    Haiti to Jamaica 
Map references: 
    Central America and the Caribbean 
Area: 
  total area: 
    5.2 sq km 
  land area: 
    5.2 sq km 
  comparative area: 
    about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC 
Land boundaries: 
    0 km 
Coastline: 
    8 km 
Maritime claims: 
  exclusive economic zone: 
    200 nm 
  territorial sea: 
    12 nm 
International disputes: 
    claimed by Haiti 
Climate: 
    marine, tropical 
Terrain: 
    raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical 
    white cliffs (9 to 15 meters high) 
Natural resources: 
    guano 
Land use: 


  arable land: 
    0% 
  permanent crops: 
    0% 
  meadows and pastures: 
    10% 
  forest and woodland: 
    0% 
  other: 
    90% 
Irrigated land: 
    0 sq km 
Environment: 
  current issues: 
    NA 
  natural hazards: 
    NA 
  international agreements: 
    NA 
Note: 
    strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, 
    Cuba; mostly exposed rock, but enough grassland to support goat herds; dense
 
    stands of fig-like trees, scattered cactus 
 
                                     People 
 
Population: 
    uninhabited; note - transient Haitian fishermen and others camp on the 
    island 
 
                                   Government 
 
Names: 
  conventional long form: 
    none 
  conventional short form: 
    Navassa Island 
Digraph: 
    BQ 
Type: 
    unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Coast Guard 
Capital: 
    none; administered from Washington, DC 
 
                                     Economy 
 
Overview: 
    no economic activity 
 
                                 Transportation 
 
Ports: 
    none; offshore anchorage only 
 
                                 Defense Forces 
 
Note: 
    defense is the responsibility of the US 

This publication is also available online from the CIA (http://www.odci.gov/cia) as 1995 World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/index.html).

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The World Factbook 1995,
SuDoc No: PREX 3.15:995

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