Location:
Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
Geographic coordinates:
22 15 N, 114 10 E
Map references:
Southeast Asia
Area: Area - comparative: Land boundaries: Coastline: Maritime claims: Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes: Natural resources: Land use: Irrigated land: Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements: Geography - note:
total: 1,104 sq km
country comparison to the world: 183
[see also: Area - total country ranks ]
land:
1,054 sq km
[see also: Area - land country ranks ]
water:
50 sq km
[see also: Area - water country ranks ]
six times the size of Washington, DC
total: 30 km
[see also: Land boundaries - total country ranks ]
regional border:
China 30 km
733 km
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
territorial sea: 3 nm
subtropical monsoon; cool and humid in winter, hot and rainy from spring through summer, warm and sunny in fall
hilly to mountainous with steep slopes; lowlands in north
lowest point: South China Sea 0 m
[see also: Elevation extremes - lowest point country ranks ]
highest point:
Tai Mo Shan 958 m
[see also: Elevation extremes - highest point country ranks ]
outstanding deepwater harbor, feldspar
arable land: 5.05%
[see also: Land use - arable land country ranks ]
permanent crops:
1.01%
[see also: Land use - permanent crops country ranks ]
other:
93.94% (2001)
[see also: Land use - other country ranks ]
20 sq km (1998 est.)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
occasional typhoons
air and water pollution from rapid urbanization
party to: Marine Dumping (associate member), Ship Pollution (associate member)
more than 200 islands