Total area: 1.9 km2
land area: 1.9 km2

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

Land boundary: 4.4 km with France

Coastline: 4.1 km

Maritime claims:
Territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: Mediterranean with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers

Terrain: hilly, rugged, rocky

Natural resources: none

Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100%

Environment: almost entirely urban

Note: second-smallest independent state in world (after Vatican City)

NOTE: The information regarding Monaco on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Monaco Geography 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Monaco Geography 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.