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As at the 2010 Census, the island's population was 728 people; [22] the official estimate in mid-2022 was 816. [36] Miangas inhabitants speak Indonesian and Talaud, the older generation usually also speak Tagalog. [1] [9] The island has a police station and two military posts. There are also a market, a harbor office and a bank office. [9]
Miangas island territorial dispute [ edit ] When Spain ceded the Philippines to the United States of America through the Treaty of Paris of 1898 , the sea borders of the Philippines were drawn in a rectangular line that resulted in ambiguous maritime boundaries of the neighboring territories including the then Dutch-colonized Indonesia. [ 4 ]
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The island of Miangas is the most northerly in the regency and is widely regarded as the northernmost point of Indonesia. As a result, it is often referenced to describe the territorial integrity of Indonesia in various patriotic statements and songs together with Sabang , Merauke , and Rote Island (respectively the most western, most eastern ...
The Philippines claims fifty-two landforms in the Spratly Island group. Of these fifty-two landforms, only five islands, two cays, and three reefs are under Philippine occupation: the Flat Island (), the Loaita Island (), the Nanshan Island (), the Thitu Island (), the West York Island (), the Lankiam Cay (), the Northeast Cay (), the Irving Reef (Balagtas), the Commodore Reef (Rizal), and the ...
Below are separate lists of countries and dependencies with their land boundaries, and lists of which countries and dependencies border oceans and major seas. The first short section describes the borders or edges of continents and oceans/major seas. Disputed areas are not considered.
Smith Island in Chesapeake Bay and Assateague Island, a barrier island on the Atlantic coast of the United States, are divided between the states of Maryland and Virginia. Ellis Island contains a true exclave of the state of New York , which is largely the area of the original natural island, while all land reclamation extensions from 1890-1935 ...
Miangas Island, Talaud Regency, North Sulawesi 39 5° 33' 57" N 126° 35' 29" E Miangas Island, Talaud, North Sulawesi 40 4° 46' 18" N 127° 08' 32" E Marampit Island, Talaud, North Sulawesi 41 4° 45' 39" N 127° 08' 44" E Marampit Island, Talaud, North Sulawesi 42 4° 38' 38" N 127° 09' 49" E Intata Island, Talaud, North Sulawesi 43