Location:
Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

Geographic coordinates:
22 15 N, 114 10 E

Map references:
Southeast Asia

Area:
total: 1,108 sq km
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land: 1,073 sq km
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water: 35 sq km
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country comparison to the world: 184

Area - comparative:
six times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:
total: 33 km
regional border: China 33 km
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Coastline:
733 km
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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:
mean elevation:
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elevation extremes:
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
highest point: Tai Mo Shan 958 m

Natural resources:
outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar

Land use:
agricultural land: 5% arable land 3.2%; permanent crops 0.9%; permanent pasture 0.9%
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forest: 0%
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other: 95% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - other country ranks ]

Irrigated land:
10 sq km (2012)
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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:
composed of more than 200 islands