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/* WFB Large Rectangle */ google_ad_slot = "8137512903"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <br> Page last updated on February 8, <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#location">Location:</a></b><br> Oceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#geographic_coordinates">Geographic coordinates:</a></b><br> 9 00 S, 172 00 W <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/maps/">Map references</a>: </b><br> Oceania</a> <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#area">Area:</a></b><br> <i>total:</i> 12 sq km <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/total_area_sq_km_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Area - total country ranks</u></a> ] <br><span style="padding-left:7px;">country comparison to the world: 241 <br><i>land:</i> 12 sq km <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/land_area_sq_km_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Area - land country ranks</u></a> ] <br><i>water:</i> 0 sq km <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/water_area_sq_km_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Area - water country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#area_comparative">Area - comparative:</a></b><br> about 17 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#land_boundaries">Land boundaries:</a></b><br> 0 km <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/land_boundaries_km_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Land boundaries country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#coastline">Coastline:</a></b><br> 101 km <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/coastline_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Coastline country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#maritime_claims">Maritime claims:</a></b><br> <i>territorial sea:</i> 12 nm <br><i>exclusive economic zone:</i> 200 nm <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#climate">Climate:</a></b><br> tropical; moderated by trade winds (April to November) <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#terrain">Terrain:</a></b><br> low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#elevation_extremes">Elevation extremes:</a></b><br> <i>lowest point:</i> Pacific Ocean 0 m <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/elevation_extremes_lowest_point_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Elevation extremes - lowest point country ranks</u></a> ] <br><i>highest point:</i> unnamed location 5 m <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/elevation_extremes_highest_point_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Elevation extremes - highest point country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#natural_resources">Natural resources:</a></b><br> NEGL <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#land_use">Land use:</a></b><br> <i>arable land:</i> 0% (soil is thin and infertile) <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/land_use_arable_land_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Land use - arable land country ranks</u></a> ] <br><i>permanent crops:</i> 0% <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/land_use_permanent_crops_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Land use - permanent crops country ranks</u></a> ] <br><i>other:</i> 100% (2005) <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/land_use_other_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Land use - other country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#irrigated_land">Irrigated land:</a></b><br> NA <br>[see also: <a href="http://www.photius.com/rankings/geography/irrigated_land_2012_0.html" target="_blank"><u>Irrigated land country ranks</u></a> ] <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#natural_hazards">Natural hazards:</a></b><br> lies in Pacific typhoon belt <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#environment_current_issues">Environment - current issues:</a></b><br> limited natural resources and overcrowding are contributing to emigration to New Zealand <p><b><a href = "http://www.theodora.com/wfb/wfb2000/definitions.html#geography_note">Geography - note:</a></b><br> consists of three atolls (Atafu, Fakaofo, Nukunonu), each with a lagoon surrounded by a number of reef-bound islets of varying length and rising to over 3 m above sea level </font> <p> <p> <BR> <P> <font size = "-2"><B> NOTE: The information regarding Tokelau on this page is re-published from the 2012 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. 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