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| Location: |
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Nigeria and Togo
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| Geographic coordinates: |
9 30 N, 2 15 E
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| Area: |
total:
112,620 sq km
land:
110,620 sq km
water:
2,000 sq km
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
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| Land boundaries: |
total:
1,989 km
border countries:
Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km
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| Maritime claims: |
territorial sea:
200 NM
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| Climate: |
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
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| Terrain: |
mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
Mont Sokbaro 658 m
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| Natural resources: |
small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber
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| Land use: |
arable land:
13%
permanent crops:
4%
permanent pastures:
4%
forests and woodland:
31%
other:
48% (1993 est.)
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| Irrigated land: |
100 sq km (1993 est.)
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| Natural hazards: |
hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north in winter
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| Environment - current issues: |
inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification
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| Environment - international agreements: |
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
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| Geography - note: |
no natural harbors
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