*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 km2
 land area:
  4.4 km2
 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 km2
Environment:
  subject to periodic cyclones; wildlife sanctuary

*Juan de Nova Island, People

Population:
  uninhibited

*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 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

*Juan de Nova Island, Defense Forces

Note:
  defense is the responsibility of France