_#Defense expenditures: $220 million, 3.6% of GDP (1990) % @Equatorial Guinea *Geography #_Total area: 28,050 km2; land area: 28,050 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland
_#_Land boundaries: 539 km total; Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km
_#_Coastline: 296 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Disputes: maritime boundary dispute with Gabon because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay
_#_Climate: tropical; always hot, humid
_#_Terrain: coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic