Location: | Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal |
| Geographic coordinates: | 12 00 N, 15 00 W |
| Map references: | Africa |
| Area: | total: 36,120 sq km
water: 8,120 sq km
land: 28,000 sq km |
| Area - comparative: | slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut |
| Land boundaries: | total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km |
| Coastline: | 350 km |
| Maritime claims: | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| 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 |
| Terrain: | mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m |
| Natural resources: | fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, unexploited deposits of petroleum |
| Land use: | arable land: 10.67%
permanent crops: 8.82%
other: 80.51% (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | 170 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards: | hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires |
| Environment - current issues: | deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing |
| 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 |
| Geography - note: | this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying further inland
Source: CIA World Factbook
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