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If you lived in Micronesia, Federated States of instead of British Indian Ocean Territory, you would:
Geography
see 8.8 times more coastline
British Indian Ocean Territory has a total of 698 km of coastline. In Micronesia, Federated States of, that number is 6,112 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
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Micronesia, Federated States of: At a glance
Micronesia, Federated States of is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 702 sq km. The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean; they became part of a UN Trust Territory under US administration following World War II. The eastern four island groups adopted a constitution in 1979 and chose to become the Federated States of Micronesia. (The fifth, westernmost island group became Palau.) Independence came in 1986 under a Compact of Free Association with the US, which was amended and renewed in 2004. Present concerns include large-scale unemployment, overfishing, and overdependence on US aid.
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