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CATEGORIES
◆ DEFENSE FORCES(1 fields)
Note
defense is the responsibility of the US PANAMA
◆ ECONOMY(1 fields)
Overview
no economic activity
◆ GEOGRAPHY(14 fields)
Area
total area: 11.9 sq km land area: 11.9 sq km comparative area: about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Climate
equatorial, hot, and very rainy
Coastline
14.5 km
Environment
current issues: NA natural hazards: NA international agreements: NA
International disputes
none
Irrigated land
0 sq km
Land boundaries
0 km
Land use
arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 0% forest and woodland: 100% other: 0%
Location
Oceania, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to American Samoa
Map references
Oceania
Maritime claims
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm
Natural resources
none
Note
about 50 islets covered with dense vegetation, coconut trees, and balsa-like trees up to 30 meters tall
Terrain
low, with maximum elevations of about 2 meters
◆ GOVERNMENT(4 fields)
Capital
none; administered from Washington, DC
Digraph
LQ
Names
conventional long form: none conventional short form: Palmyra Atoll
Type
incorporated territory of the US; privately owned, but administered by the Office of Territorial and International Affairs, US Department of the Interior
◆ PEOPLE(1 fields)
Population
uninhabited
◆ TRANSPORTATION(3 fields)
Airports
total: 1 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 1
Highways
much of the road and many causeways built during the war are unserviceable and overgrown
Ports
West Lagoon