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<p>Politics BBS Archive</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[Category:BBS]]<br /> [[Category:Politics]]<br /> [[Category:CIA]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Infobox BBS<br /> | image = Archived-En.png<br /> | file = wakeisla.txt<br /> | author = Unknown<br /> | date = Unknown<br /> | subject = <br /> | orig_bbs = Unknown<br /> | bbs_main_page = <br /> | key_words = Politics<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> WAKE ISLAND <br /> (territory of the US) <br /> GEOGRAPHY <br /> Total area: 6.5 km2; land area: 6.5 km2 <br /> <br /> Comparative area: about 11 times the size of The Mall in <br /> Washington, DC <br /> <br /> Land boundaries: none <br /> <br /> Coastline: 19.3 km <br /> <br /> Maritime claims: <br /> <br /> Contiguous zone: 12 nm; <br /> <br /> Continental shelf: 200 m (depth); <br /> <br /> Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm; <br /> <br /> Territorial sea: 12 nm <br /> <br /> Disputes: claimed by the Republic of the Marshall Islands <br /> <br /> Climate: tropical <br /> <br /> Terrain: atoll of three coral islands built up on an underwater <br /> volcano; central lagoon is former crater, islands are part of the rim; <br /> average elevation less than four meters <br /> <br /> Natural resources: none <br /> <br /> Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures <br /> 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100% <br /> <br /> Environment: subject to occasional typhoons <br /> <br /> Note: strategic location 3,700 km west of Honolulu in the North <br /> Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way between Hawaii and the <br /> Northern Mariana Islands; emergency landing location for transpacific <br /> flights <br /> <br /> PEOPLE <br /> Population: 195 (January 1990); no indigenous inhabitants; <br /> 302 temporary population <br /> <br /> Note: population peaked about 1970 with over 1,600 persons during <br /> the Vietnam conflict <br /> <br /> GOVERNMENT <br /> Long-form name: none <br /> <br /> Type: unincorporated territory of the US administered by the US Air <br /> Force (under an agreement with the US Department of Interior) since <br /> 24 June 1972 <br /> <br /> Flag: the US flag is used <br /> ECONOMY <br /> Overview: Economic activity is limited to providing services to US <br /> military personnel and contractors located on the island. All food and <br /> manufactured goods must be imported. <br /> <br /> Electricity: supplied by US military <br /> <br /> COMMUNICATIONS <br /> Ports: none; because of the reefs, there are only two offshore <br /> anchorages for large ships <br /> <br /> Airports: 1 with permanent-surface runways 2,440 to 3,659 m <br /> <br /> Telecommunications: underwater cables to Guam and through Midway <br /> to Honolulu; AFRTS radio and television service provided by satellite; <br /> stations--1 AM, no FM, no TV <br /> <br /> Note: formerly an important commercial aviation base, now used only <br /> by US military and some commercial cargo planes <br /> <br /> DEFENSE FORCES <br /> Note: defense is the responsibility of the US <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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