_#_Coastline: 501 km

_#_Maritime claims:

Contiguous zone: 12 nm;

Continental shelf: 200 m (depth);

Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 12 nm

_#_Climate: tropical marine, mild, little seasonal temperature variation

_#_Terrain: mostly mountains with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast

_#_Natural resources: some copper and nickel; potential for onshore and offshore crude oil

_#_Land use: arable land 8%; permanent crops 9%; meadows and pastures 41%; forest and woodland 20%; other 22%