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| Location: |
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
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| Geographic coordinates: |
12 00 N, 15 00 W
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| Area: |
total:
36,120 sq km
land:
28,000 sq km
water:
8,120 sq km
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
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| Land boundaries: |
total:
724 km
border countries:
Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km
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| Maritime claims: |
exclusive economic zone:
200 NM
territorial sea:
12 NM
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| Climate: |
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
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| Terrain: |
mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point:
unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m
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| Natural resources: |
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum
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| Land use: |
arable land:
11%
permanent crops:
1%
permanent pastures:
38%
forests and woodland:
38%
other:
12% (1993 est.)
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| Irrigated land: |
17 sq km (1993 est.)
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| Natural hazards: |
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires
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| Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
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| Environment - international agreements: |
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
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