_#_Maritime claims: (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines);
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Climate: tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
_#_Terrain: volcanic, mountainous
_#_Natural resources: fish
_#_Land use: arable land 1%; permanent crops 20%; meadows and pastures 1%; forest and woodland 75%; other 3%
_#_Environment: deforestation; soil erosion
_#_Note: located south of Nigeria and west of Gabon near the Equator in the North Atlantic Ocean
_*People #_Population: 128,499 (July 1991), growth rate 3.0% (1991)