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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2010
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 1st August 2011
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: US Dollar
Currency Symbol: US$
Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines
Geographic coordinates: 13 28 N, 144 47 E
Map references: Oceania
Area: total: 544 sq km land: 544 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative: three times the size of Washington, DC
Terrain: volcanic origin, surrounded by coral reefs; relatively flat coralline limestone plateau (source of most fresh water), with steep coastal cliffs and narrow coastal plains in north, low hills in center, mountains in south
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m highest point: Mount Lamlam 406 m
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 125.5 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Geography - note: largest and southernmost island in the Mariana Islands archipelago; strategic location in western North Pacific Ocean