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land: 397,300 sq km
water: 9,450 sq km
Peru
total: 1,285,220 sq km
land: 1.28 million sq km
water: 5,220 sq km
Philippines
total: 300,000 sq km
land: 298,170 sq km
water: 1,830 sq km
Pitcairn Islands
total: 47 sq km
land: 47 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Poland
total: 312,679 sq km
land: 304,459 sq km
water: 8,220 sq km
Portugal
total: 92,391 sq km
land: 91,951 sq km
water: 440 sq km
note: includes Azores and Madeira Islands
Puerto Rico
total: 13,790 sq km
land: 8,870 sq km
water: 4,921 sq km
Qatar
total: 11,437 sq km
land: 11,437 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Romania
total: 237,500 sq km
land: 230,340 sq km
water: 7,160 sq km
Russia
total: 17,075,200 sq km
land: 16,995,800 sq km
water: 79,400 sq km
Rwanda
total: 26,338 sq km
land: 24,948 sq km
water: 1,390 sq km
Saint Barthelemy
21 sq km
Saint Helena
total: 413 sq km
land: Saint Helena Island 122 sq km; Ascension Island 90 sq km;
Tristan da Cunha island group 201 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 261 sq km (Saint Kitts 168 sq km; Nevis
93 sq km)
land: 261 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Saint Lucia
total: 616 sq km
land: 606 sq km
water: 10 sq km
Saint Martin
total: 54.4 sq km
land: 54.4 sq km
water: NEGL
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total: 242 sq km land: 242 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes eight small islands in the Saint Pierre and the Miquelon groups
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 389 sq km (Saint Vincent 344
sq km)
land: 389 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Samoa
total: 2,944 sq km
land: 2,934 sq km
water: 10 sq km
San Marino
total: 61.2 sq km
land: 61.2 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Sao Tome and Principe
total: 1,001 sq km
land: 1,001 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Saudi Arabia
total: 2,149,690 sq km
land: 2,149,690 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Senegal
total: 196,190 sq km
land: 192,000 sq km
water: 4,190 sq km
Serbia
total: 77,474 sq km
land: 77,474 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Seychelles
total: 455 sq km
land: 455 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Sierra Leone
total: 71,740 sq km
land: 71,620 sq km
water: 120 sq km
Singapore
total: 692.7 sq km
land: 682.7 sq km
water: 10 sq km
Slovakia
total: 48,845 sq km
land: 48,800 sq km
water: 45 sq km
Slovenia
total: 20,273 sq km
land: 20,151 sq km
water: 122 sq km
Solomon Islands
total: 28,450 sq km
land: 27,540 sq km
water: 910 sq km
Somalia
total: 637,657 sq km
land: 627,337 sq km
water: 10,320 sq km
South Africa
total: 1,219,912 sq km
land: 1,219,912 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island and Prince
Edward Island)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
total: 3,903 sq km
land: 3,903 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Shag Rocks, Black Rock, Clerke Rocks, South Georgia
Island, Bird Island, and the South Sandwich Islands, which consist
of 11 islands
Southern Ocean
total: 20.327 million sq km
note: includes Amundsen Sea, Bellingshausen Sea, part of the Drake
Passage, Ross Sea, a small part of the Scotia Sea, Weddell Sea, and
other tributary water bodies
Spain
total: 504,782 sq km
land: 499,542 sq km
water: 5,240 sq km
note: there are two autonomous cities - Ceuta and Melilla - and 17
autonomous communities including Balearic Islands and Canary
Islands, and three small Spanish possessions off the coast of
Morocco - Islas Chafarinas, Penon de Alhucemas, and Penon de Velez
de la Gomera
Spratly Islands
total: less than 5 sq km
land: less than 5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes 100 or so islets, coral reefs, and sea mounts
scattered over an area of nearly 410,000 sq km of the central South
China Sea
Sri Lanka
total: 65,610 sq km
land: 64,740 sq km
water: 870 sq km
Sudan
total: 2,505,810 sq km
land: 2.376 million sq km
water: 129,810 sq km
Suriname
total: 163,270 sq km
land: 161,470 sq km
water: 1,800 sq km
Svalbard
total: 61,020 sq km
land: 61,020 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Spitsbergen and Bjornoya (Bear Island)
Swaziland
total: 17,363 sq km
land: 17,203 sq km
water: 160 sq km
Sweden
total: 449,964 sq km
land: 410,934 sq km
water: 39,030 sq km
Switzerland
total: 41,290 sq km
land: 39,770 sq km
water: 1,520 sq km
Syria
total: 185,180 sq km
land: 184,050 sq km
water: 1,130 sq km
note: includes 1,295 sq km of Israeli-occupied territory
Taiwan
total: 35,980 sq km
land: 32,260 sq km
water: 3,720 sq km
note: includes the Pescadores, Matsu, and Quemoy islands
Tajikistan total: 143,100 sq km land: 142,700 sq km water: 400 sq km
Tanzania
total: 945,087 sq km
land: 886,037 sq km
water: 59,050 sq km
note: includes the islands of Mafia, Pemba, and Zanzibar
Thailand
total: 514,000 sq km
land: 511,770 sq km
water: 2,230 sq km
Timor-Leste
total: 15,007 sq km
land: NA sq km
water: NA sq km
Togo
total: 56,785 sq km
land: 54,385 sq km
water: 2,400 sq km
Tokelau
total: 10 sq km
land: 10 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Tonga
total: 748 sq km
land: 718 sq km
water: 30 sq km
Trinidad and Tobago
total: 5,128 sq km
land: 5,128 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Tunisia
total: 163,610 sq km
land: 155,360 sq km
water: 8,250 sq km
Turkey
total: 780,580 sq km
land: 770,760 sq km
water: 9,820 sq km
Turkmenistan
total: 488,100 sq km
land: 488,100 sq km
water: NEGL
Turks and Caicos Islands
total: 430 sq km
land: 430 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Tuvalu
total: 26 sq km
land: 26 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Uganda
total: 236,040 sq km
land: 199,710 sq km
water: 36,330 sq km
Ukraine
total: 603,700 sq km
land: 603,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km
United Arab Emirates
total: 83,600 sq km
land: 83,600 sq km
water: 0 sq km
United Kingdom
total: 244,820 sq km
land: 241,590 sq km
water: 3,230 sq km
note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands
United States
total: 9,826,630 sq km
land: 9,161,923 sq km
water: 664,707 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
total - 6,959.41 sq
km; emergent land - 22.41 sq km; submerged - 6,937 sq km
Baker Island: total - 129.1 sq km; emergent land - 2.1 sq km;
submerged - 127 sq km
Howland Island: total - 138.6 sq km; emergent land - 2.6 sq km;
submerged - 136 sq km
Jarvis Island: total - 152 sq km; emergent land - 5 sq km; submerged
- 147 sq km
Johnston Atoll: total - 276.6 sq km; emergent land - 2.6 sq km;
submerged - 274 sq km
Kingman Reef: total - 1,958.01 sq km; emergent land - 0.01 sq km;
submerged - 1,958 sq km
Midway Islands: total - 2,355.2 sq km; emergent land - 6.2 sq km;
submerged - 2,349 sq km
Palmyra Atoll: total - 1,949.9 sq km; emergent land - 3.9 sq km;
submerged - 1,946 sq km
Uruguay
total: 176,220 sq km
land: 173,620 sq km
water: 2,600 sq km
Uzbekistan
total: 447,400 sq km
land: 425,400 sq km
water: 22,000 sq km
Vanuatu
total: 12,200 sq km
land: 12,200 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes more than 80 islands, about 65 of which are inhabited
Venezuela
total: 912,050 sq km
land: 882,050 sq km
water: 30,000 sq km
Vietnam
total: 329,560 sq km
land: 325,360 sq km
water: 4,200 sq km
Virgin Islands
total: 1,910 sq km
land: 346 sq km
water: 1,564 sq km
Wake Island
total: 6.5 sq km
land: 6.5 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Wallis and Futuna total: 274 sq km land: 274 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ile Uvea (Wallis Island), Ile Futuna (Futuna Island), Ile Alofi, and 20 islets
West Bank
total: 5,860 sq km
land: 5,640 sq km
water: 220 sq km
note: includes West Bank, Latrun Salient, and the northwest quarter
of the Dead Sea, but excludes Mt. Scopus; East Jerusalem and
Jerusalem No Man's Land are also included only as a means of
depicting the entire area occupied by Israel in 1967
Western Sahara total: 266,000 sq km land: 266,000 sq km water: 0 sq km
World
total: 510.072 million sq km
land: 148.94 million sq km
water: 361.132 million sq km
note: 70.9% of the world's surface is water, 29.1% is land
Yemen
total: 527,970 sq km
land: 527,970 sq km
water: 0 sq km
note: includes Perim, Socotra, the former Yemen Arab Republic (YAR
or North Yemen), and the former People's Democratic Republic of
Yemen (PDRY or South Yemen)
Zambia
total: 752,614 sq km
land: 740,724 sq km
water: 11,890 sq km
Zimbabwe
total: 390,580 sq km
land: 386,670 sq km
water: 3,910 sq km
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@2149 Diplomatic representation in the US
Afghanistan
chief of mission: Ambassador Said Tayeb JAWAD
chancery: 2341 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 483-6410
FAX: [1] (202) 483-6488
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, New York
Akrotiri
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Albania
chief of mission: Ambassador Aleksander SALLABANDA
chancery: 2100 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 223-4942
FAX: [1] (202) 628-7342
Algeria
chief of mission: Ambassador Abdallah BAALI
chancery: 2118 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 265-2800
FAX: [1] (202) 667-2174
American Samoa
none (territory of the US)
Andorra
chief of mission: Ambassador Carles FONT-ROSSELL
chancery: 2 United Nations Plaza, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10017
telephone: [1] (212) 750-8064
FAX: [1] (212) 750-6630
Angola
chief of mission: Ambassador Josefina Perpetua Pitra DIAKITE
chancery: 2108 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 785-1156
FAX: [1] (202) 785-1258
consulate(s) general: Houston, New York
Anguilla
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Antigua and Barbuda chief of mission: Ambassador Deborah Mae LOVELL chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 telephone: [1] (202) 362-5122 FAX: [1] (202) 362-5225 consulate(s) general: Miami
Argentina
chief of mission: Ambassador Hector Marcos TIMERMAN
chancery: 1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 238-6400
FAX: [1] (202) 332-3171
consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,
New York
Armenia
chief of mission: Ambassador Tatoul MARKARIAN
chancery: 2225 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 319-1976
FAX: [1] (202) 319-2982
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles
Aruba
none (represented by the Kingdom of the Netherlands); note -
Mr. Henry BAARH, Minister Plenipotentiary for Aruba at the Embassy
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
none (territory of Australia)
Australia
chief of mission: Ambassador Dennis J. RICHARDSON
chancery: 1601 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202) 797-3000
FAX: [1] (202) 797-3168
consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New
York, San Francisco
Austria
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Deputy Chief of
Mission Andreas Riecken
chancery: 3524 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008-3035
telephone: [1] (202) 895-6700
FAX: [1] (202) 895-6750
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York
Azerbaijan
chief of mission: Ambassador Yashar ALIYEV
chancery: 2741 34th Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 337-3500
FAX: [1] (202) 337-5911
Consulate(s) general: Los Angeles
Bahamas, The
chief of mission: Ambassador Cornelius A. SMITH
chancery: 2220 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 319-2660
FAX: [1] (202) 319-2668
consulate(s) general: Miami, New York
Bahrain
chief of mission: Ambassador Houda Ezra Ibrahim NUNU
chancery: 3502 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 342-1111
FAX: [1] (202) 362-2192
consulate(s) general: New York
Bangladesh
chief of mission: Ambassador M. Humayun KABIR
chancery: 3510 International Drive NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 244-0183
FAX: [1] (202) 244-7830/2771
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, New York
Barbados
chief of mission: Ambassador Michael Ian KING
chancery: 2144 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 939-9200
FAX: [1] (202) 332-7467
consulate(s) general: Miami, New York
consulate(s): Los Angeles
Belarus
chief of mission: Ambassador Mikhail KHVOSTOV
chancery: 1619 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 986-1604
FAX: [1] (202) 986-1805
consulate(s) general: New York
Belgium
chief of mission: Ambassador Dominique STRUYE DE SWIELANDE
chancery: 3330 Garfield Street NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 333-6900
FAX: [1] (202) 333-3079
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles, New York
consulate(s): Atlanta
Belize
chief of mission: Ambassador Nestor MENDEZ
chancery: 2535 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 332-9636
FAX: [1] (202) 332-6888
consulate(s) general: Los Angeles
Benin
chief of mission: Ambassador Cyrille Segbe OGUIN
chancery: 2124 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 232-6656
FAX: [1] (202) 265-1996
Bermuda
none (overseas territory of the UK)
Bhutan
none; note - the Permanent Mission to the UN for Bhutan has
consular jurisdiction in the US; address: 763 First Avenue, New
York, NY 10017; telephone [1] (212) 682-2268; FAX [1] (212) 661-0551
consulate(s) general: New York
Bolivia
chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires
Erika DUENAS
chancery: 3014 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 483-4410
FAX: [1] (202) 328-3712
consulate(s) general: Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York,
Oklahoma City, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington, DC
Bosnia and Herzegovina chief of mission: Ambassador Bisera TURKOVIC chancery: 2109 E Street NW, Washington, DC 20037 telephone: [1] (202) 337-1500 FAX: [1] (202) 337-1502 consulate(s) general: Chicago, New York
Botswana
chief of mission: Ambassador Lapologang Caesar LEKOA
chancery: 1531-1533 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036
telephone: [1] (202) 244-4990
FAX: [1] (202) 244-4164
Brazil
chief of mission: Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar PATRIOTA
chancery: 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008
telephone: [1] (202) 238-2700
FAX: [1] (202) 238-2827
consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,
New York, San Francisco
British Indian Ocean Territory
none (overseas territory of the
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