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Western Europe, bordering the Mediterranean Sea on the southern coast of France, near the border with Italy

43 44 N, 7 24 E

europe

total: 1.95 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 1.95 sq km

about three times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

total: 4.4 km
border countries: France 4.4 km

4.1 km

territorial sea: 12 nm

Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers

hilly, rugged, rocky

lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Mont Agel 140 m

none

arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (urban area) (2001)

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party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol

second-smallest independent state in the world (after Holy See); almost entirely urban

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