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Type Field Previous value Current value
- Removed $ {} β€”
+ Added Communications β€” {}
+ Added Economy β€” {}
+ Added Environment.Climate.text β€” marine, tropical
+ Added Environment.Environmental issues.text β€” some coral bleaching
+ Added Environment.Land use.other.text β€” 100% (2018 est.)
+ Added Geography.Area - comparative.text β€” about nine times the size of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
+ Added Geography.Area.land.text β€” 5.4 sq km
+ Added Geography.Area.total .text β€” 5 sq km
+ Added Geography.Area.water.text β€” 0 sq km
+ Added Geography.Climate.text β€” marine, tropical
+ Added Geography.Coastline.text β€” 8 km
+ Added Geography.Elevation.highest point.text β€” 200 m NNW of lighthouse 85 m
+ Added Geography.Elevation.lowest point.text β€” Caribbean Sea 0 m
+ Added Geography.Geographic coordinates.text β€” 18 25 N, 75 02 W
+ Added Geography.Geography - note.text β€” strategic location 160 km south of the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; mostly exposed rock with numerous solution holes (limestone sinkholes) but with enough grassland to support goat herds; dense stands of fig t…
+ Added Geography.Land boundaries.total.text β€” 0 km
+ Added Geography.Land use.other.text β€” 100% (2018 est.)
+ Added Geography.Location.text β€” Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, 30 nm west of Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti
+ Added Geography.Map references.text β€” Central America and the Caribbean
+ Added Geography.Maritime claims.exclusive economic zone.text β€” 200 nm
+ Added Geography.Maritime claims.territorial sea.text β€” 12 nm
+ Added Geography.Natural hazards.text β€” hurricanes
+ Added Geography.Natural resources.text β€” guano (mining discontinued in 1898)
+ Added Geography.Terrain.text β€” raised flat to undulating coral and limestone plateau; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high)
+ Added Government.Country name.conventional long form.text β€” none
+ Added Government.Country name.conventional short form.text β€” Navassa Island
+ Added Government.Country name.etymology.text β€” the flat island was named "Navaza" by sailors with the Christopher COLUMBUS expedition in 1504; the name derives from the Spanish word nava, meaning "flat land or level ground"
+ Added Government.Dependency status.text β€” unorganized, unincorporated territory of the US; administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge in Boqueron, Puerto Rico; Haiti has clai…
+ Added Government.Diplomatic representation from the US.embassy.text β€” none (territory of the US)
+ Added Government.Flag.text β€” the flag of the US is used
+ Added Government.Legal system.text β€” the laws of the US apply
+ Added Introduction.Background.text β€” The US claimed uninhabited Navassa Island in 1857 for its guano. Mining took place between 1865 and 1898. The lighthouse, built in 1917, was shut down in 1996, and administration of Navassa Island was transferred from t…
+ Added Military and Security.Military - note.text β€” defense is the responsibility of the US
+ Added People and Society.Population.total.text β€” uninhabited
+ Added Transnational Issues β€” {}
+ Added Transportation β€” {}
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