Location : North Western Old Continent, bordering Albion-Merite in the South West, surrounded by Rump Northern Gronk on the East and South and the North Gronkian Sea in the North.
Geographic Coordinates : 25 40 N 22 32 E
Map Reference : Old Continent
Area :
Land : 1,213,676 km˛
Water : 20,376 km˛
Total : 1,234,052 km˛
Area - Comparative : Roughly 1.5 the size of Christiana
Climate : Mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter.
Terrain : mostly low, flat plains; mountains in north and northwest
Elevation Extremes :
Highest Elevation : Sitiawan Hill (476 m)
Lowest Elevation : Bay of Merite (0 m)
Natural Resources : Hydroelectric potential, coal, arable land, nickel, timber, fish
Land Use : Unknown (War ravaged)
Irrigated Land : 1,600 miles˛
Natural Hazards : Coral reef fringing northern coast may pose a danger to maritime traffic
Environment - Current Issues : Protracted civil war which ravaged the forests have resulted in habitat loss and declining biodiversity. Water pollution from war wastes.
Environment - international agreements : None
Time Zone : CMT +2
Geography - notes : Strategically located in the mouth of the Bay of Merite, a major shipping route
Capital : Sub Marina (pop. 1,575,000 based on 298 census)
Administrative Divisions : 3 States and 2 Territories*; Midlochia, Damsara, Intania, Capital Federal Territory* and Maritime Federal Territory* (formerly Isle of Sime district in Intani)
Telephone System :
telecommunications system severely damaged by civil war;
rebuilding well underway
domestic: primarily microwave radio relay and cable
international: satellite earth stations - 1 eGroupsComsat
(sporadic); coaxial cable to Rump Northern Gronk; microwave radio
relay to Rump Northern Gronk but inoperable beyond central Rump
Northern Gronk; 1 submarine coaxial cable to Christiana
(currently inoperable)
Railways : 19,068 km
(most of it unusable because of damage in civil war - main routes
connecting Sub Marina and state capitals have been repaired)
standard gauge : 17,118 km (504 km electrified)
narrow gauge : 1,950 km
Highways : 100,335 km
paved : NA miles (including 1534 km of expressway)
unpaved : NA miles
notes : because of the civil war, many bridges and paved
roads were destroyed
Waterways : 2,309 miles
(1,339 miles navigable)
notes : to encourage food production along the Sub Marina
river basin and the Great Lakes plain, a series of irrigation
canals and navigable waterways are being planned by the Ministry
of National Development.
Pipelines : 734 km (none in operation)
Ports and Harbours : Sub Marina, Agronia, Antekville (inland port), Ansonio (inland port)
Merchant Marine : none
notes : The Ministry of Trade & Industry have been
mandated to form a statutary corporation known as the Ansonian
International Shipping Corporation, which will act as the first
post independence merchant marine in Ansonia.
Airports : 26
paved runways : 6
unpaved runways : 21
Heliports : 4
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