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Geography
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo
9 30 N, 2 15 E
Area: 
total: 112,622 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
101
land: 110,622 sq km
water: 2,000 sq km
slightly smaller than Pennsylvania
total: 1,989 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km
121 km
territorial sea: 200 nm
Current Weather
tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north
mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m
small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber
arable land: 23.53%
permanent crops: 2.37%
other: 74.1% (2005)
120 sq km (2003)
25.8 cu km (2001)
total: 0.13 cu km/yr (32%/23%/45%)
per capita: 15 cu m/yr (2001)
hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March
inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
sandbanks create difficult access to a coast with no natural harbors, river mouths, or islands
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