:Trinidad and Tobago Defense Forces
Branches:
Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (Army), Coast Guard, Air Wing, Trinidad
and Tobago Police Service
Manpower availability:
males 15-49, 344,990; 248,912 fit for military service
Defense expenditures:
exchange rate conversion - $59 million, 1-2% of GDP (1989 est.)
:Tromelin Island Geography
Total area:
1 km2
Land area:
1 km2
Comparative area:
about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
none
Coastline:
3.7 km
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone:
12 nm
Continental shelf:
200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation
Exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
Territorial sea:
12 nm
Disputes:
claimed by Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles
Climate:
tropical
Terrain:
sandy
Natural resources:
fish
Land use:
arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and
woodland 0%; other - scattered bushes 100%
Environment:
wildlife sanctuary
Note:
located 350 km east of Madagascar and 600 km north of Reunion in the Indian
Ocean; climatologically important location for forecasting cyclones
:Tromelin Island People
Population: uninhabited
:Tromelin Island Government
Long-form name:
none
Type:
French possession administered by Commissioner of the Republic Jacques
DEWATRE (since NA July 1991), resident in Reunion
Capital:
none; administered by France from Reunion
:Tromelin Island Economy
Overview: no economic activity