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This isolated island (sometimes called Ile de la Passion) was named for John CLIPPERTON, a pirate who made it his hideout early in the 18th century. Annexed by France in 1855, it was seized by Mexico in 1897. Arbitration eventually awarded the island to France, which took possession in 1935.
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Surface Area: 7 square km (reef about 8 km in circumference)
Population: Uninhabited
Located in: atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico
Capital City: Uninhabited
Head of State: See France
Prime Minister: Administered by France from French Polynesia by a high commissioner of the Republic
Independent since: Possession of France
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