Exclusive fishing zone: not specific;
Territorial sea: 3 nm
_#_Climate: tropical; hot, humid, rainy; no pronounced rainy or dry seasons; thunderstorms occur on 40% of all days (67% of days in April)
_#_Terrain: lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve
_#_Natural resources: fish, deepwater ports
_#_Land use: arable land 4%; permanent crops 7%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 5%; other 84%
_#_Environment: mostly urban and industrialized
_#_Note: focal point for Southeast Asian sea routes
_*People #_Population: 2,756,330 (July 1991), growth rate 1.3% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 18 births/1,000 population (1991)