| Geography | Equatorial Guinea |
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Location:
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Central Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon |
Geographic coordinates:
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2 00 N, 10 00 E |
Map references:
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Africa |
Area:
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total: 28,051 sq km
land: 28,051 sq km
water: 0 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than Maryland |
Land boundaries:
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total: 539 km
border countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km |
Coastline:
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296 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
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tropical; always hot, humid |
Terrain:
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coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m |
Natural resources:
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petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay |
Land use:
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arable land: 4.63%
permanent crops: 3.57%
other: 91.8% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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NA |
Total renewable water resources:
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26 cu km (2001) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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38,910 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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total: 0.11 cu km/yr (83%/16%/1%)
per capita: 220 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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violent windstorms; flash floods
volcanism: Santa Isabel (elev. 3,007 m), which last erupted in 1923, is the country's only historically active volcano; Santa Isabel, along with two dormant volcanoes, forms Bioko Island in the Gulf of Guinea |
Environment - current issues:
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tap water is not potable; deforestation |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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insular and continental regions widely separated |
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