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Geography
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
34 00 N, 9 00 E
Area: 
total: 163,610 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
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land: 155,360 sq km
water: 8,250 sq km
slightly larger than Georgia
total: 1,424 km
border countries: Algeria 965 km, Libya 459 km
1,148 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 12 nm
Current Weather
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara
lowest point: Shatt al Gharsah -17 m
highest point: Jebel ech Chambi 1,544 m
petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt
arable land: 17.05%
permanent crops: 13.08%
other: 69.87% (2005)
3,940 sq km (2003)
4.6 cu km (2003)
total: 2.64 cu km/yr (14%/4%/82%)
per capita: 261 cu m/yr (2000)
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toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
strategic location in central Mediterranean; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration
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