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Clipperton Island ()
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Government Information
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Population Demographics
Population: uninhabited (July 2006 est.)
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Overview: Although 115 species of fish have been identified in the territorial waters of Clipperton Island, the only economic activity is tuna fishing.
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Geography Information
Location: Middle America, atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico
Area: total: 6 sq km
land: 6 sq km
water: 0 sq km


General Information
Background: This isolated island was named for John CLIPPERTON, a pirate who made it his hideout early in the 18th century. Annexed by France in 1855, it was seized by Mexico in 1897. Arbitration eventually awarded the island to France, which took possession in 1935.

Independence Day: possession of France; administered by France from French Polynesia by a high commissioner of the Republic

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