The CIA World Factbook Edition 1991 Geography

Maritime claims In 36 editions of 36.

Maritime claims was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1991 edition carries it in 46 entries, in its Geography section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1991 edition
46
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Maritime claims” (1990 to 2025) and “Territorial sea” (1990).

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Entries with Maritime claims in each edition

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Africa

17 entries

Botswana

none--landlocked

Burkina now Burkina Faso

none--landlocked

Burundi

none--landlocked

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

  • (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines);
  • Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
  • Territorial sea: 12 nm

Central African Republic

none--landlocked

Chad

none--landlocked

Swaziland now Eswatini

none--landlocked

Lesotho

none--landlocked

Malawi

none--landlocked

Mali

none--landlocked

Niger

none--landlocked

Rwanda

none--landlocked

Sao Tome and Principe

  • (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines);
  • Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
  • Territorial sea: 12 nm

Uganda

none--landlocked

Western Sahara

contingent upon resolution of sovereignty issue

Zambia

none--landlocked

Zimbabwe

none--landlocked

Antarctic Region

1 entry

Antarctica

see entry on _#_Disputes

Asia

4 entries

Afghanistan

none--landlocked

Bhutan

none--landlocked

Mongolia

none--landlocked

Nepal

none--landlocked

Europe

9 entries

Andorra

none--landlocked

Austria

none--landlocked

Czechoslovakia

none--landlocked

Vatican City now Holy See (Vatican City)

none--landlocked

Hungary

none--landlocked

Liechtenstein

none--landlocked

Luxembourg

none--landlocked

San Marino

none--landlocked

Switzerland

none--landlocked

Middle East

3 entries

Gaza Strip

Israeli occupied with status to be determined

Iraq - Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone

none--landlocked

West Bank

none--landlocked

Oceania

4 entries

Fiji

  • (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines) Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation;
  • rectilinear shelf claim added;
  • Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
  • Territorial sea: 12 nm

Papua New Guinea

  • (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines);
  • Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation;
  • Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
  • Territorial sea: 12 nm

Solomon Islands

  • (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines);
  • Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
  • Territorial sea: 12 nm

Vanuatu

  • (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines);
  • Contiguous zone: 24 nm;
  • Continental shelf: edge of continental margin or 200 nm;
  • Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
  • Territorial sea: 12 nm

South America

2 entries

Bolivia

none--landlocked

Paraguay

none--landlocked

Southeast Asia

6 entries

Indonesia

  • (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines);
  • Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
  • Territorial sea: 12 nm

Laos

none--landlocked

Macau

not known

Paracel Islands

undetermined

Philippines

  • (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines);
  • Continental shelf: to depth of exploitation;
  • Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
  • Territorial sea: irregular polygon extending up to 100 nm from coastline as defined by 1898 treaty;
  • since late 1970s has also claimed polygonal-shaped area in South China Sea up to 285 nm in breadth

Spratly Islands

undetermined

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1991, “Maritime claims”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/maritime-claims/1991.

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