CATEGORIES
◆ COMMUNICATIONS(3 fields)
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
Ports
none; offshore anchorage only
Railroads
short line going to a jetty
◆ DEFENSE FORCES(1 fields)
Note
defense is the responsibility of France
◆ ECONOMY(1 fields)
Overview
no economic activity
◆ GEOGRAPHY(14 fields)
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
Climate
tropical
Coastline
24.1 km
Environment
current issues: NA natural hazards: subject to periodic cyclones international agreements: NA
International disputes
claimed by Madagascar
Irrigated land
0 sq km
Land boundaries
0 km
Land use
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 90% other: 10%
Location
Southern Africa, in the central Mozambique Channel about one-third of the way between Madagascar and Mozambique
Map references
Africa
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
Natural resources
guano deposits and other fertilizers
Note
wildlife sanctuary
Terrain
NA
◆ GOVERNMENT(5 fields)
Capital
none; administered by France from Reunion
Digraph
JU
Independence
none (possession of France)
Names
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Juan de Nova Island local long form: none local short form: Ile Juan de Nova
Type
French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic, resident in Reunion
◆ PEOPLE(1 fields)
Population
uninhabited