| Geography | Guinea-Bissau |
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Location:
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Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal |
Geographic coordinates:
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12 00 N, 15 00 W |
Map references:
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Africa |
Area:
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total: 36,120 sq km
land: 28,000 sq km
water: 8,120 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut |
Land boundaries:
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total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km |
Coastline:
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350 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate:
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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:
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mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location in the northeast corner of the country 300 m |
Natural resources:
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fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum |
Land use:
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arable land: 8.31%
permanent crops: 6.92%
other: 84.77% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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250 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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31 cu km (2003) |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 0.18 cu km/yr (13%/5%/82%)
Per capita: 113 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires |
Environment - current issues:
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deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland |
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