_#Defense expenditures: $NA, 3% of GDP (1981) % @Congo *Geography #_Total area: 342,000 km2; land area: 341,500 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly smaller than Montana
_#_Land boundaries: 5,504 km total; Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Gabon 1,903 km, Zaire 2,410 km
_#_Coastline: 169 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Territorial sea: 200 nm
_#_Disputes: long section with Zaire along the Congo River is indefinite (no division of the river or its islands has been made)
_#_Climate: tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); constantly high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator
_#_Terrain: coastal plain, southern basin, central plateau, northern basin
_#_Natural resources: petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, natural gas