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Location: Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
Geographic coordinates: 22 15 N, 114 10 E
Map references: Southeast
Asia Area:
total: 1,092 sq Km
land: 1,042 sq Km
water: 50 sq Km
Area - comparative: six times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
total: 30 km
regional border: China 30 Km
Coastline: 733 Km Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 3 nm Climate:
subtropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring
through summer, warm and sunny in fall
Terrain: hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north Elevation extremes:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m
Natural resources: outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar Land use:
arable land: 5.05%
permanent crops: 1.01%
other: 93.94% (2001)
Irrigated land: 20 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards: occasional typhoons
Environment - current issues: air and water pollution from rapid
urbanization Environment - international agreements:
party to: Marine Dumping (associate member), Ship Pollution (associate
member) Geography - note:
more than 200 islands
This information comes from the CIA
World Factbook January 2008.
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