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Geography
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
2 00 N, 10 00 E
Area: 
total: 28,051 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
145
land: 28,051 sq km
water: 0 sq km
slightly smaller than Maryland
total: 539 km
border countries: Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km
296 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Current Weather
tropical; always hot, humid
coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Pico Basile 3,008 m
petroleum, natural gas, timber, gold, bauxite, diamonds, tantalum, sand and gravel, clay
arable land: 4.63%
permanent crops: 3.57%
other: 91.8% (2005)
NA
26 cu km (2001)
total: 0.11 cu km/yr (83%/16%/1%)
per capita: 220 cu m/yr (2000)
violent windstorms; flash floods
volcanism: Santa Isabel (elev. 3,007 m, 9,865 ft), 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
tap water is not potable; deforestation
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
insular and continental regions widely separated
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