_#_Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 24 nm;
Continental shelf: 200 nm;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Climate: tropical; warm and comparatively dry along southeast coast; hot and humid in southwest; hot and dry in north
_#_Terrain: mostly low plains with dissected plateau in south-central area
_#_Natural resources: gold, timber, industrial diamonds, bauxite, manganese, fish, rubber
_#_Land use: arable land 5%; permanent crops 7%; meadows and pastures 15%; forest and woodland 37%; other 36%; includes irrigated NEGL%
_#_Environment: recent drought in north severely affecting marginal agricultural activities; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; dry, northeasterly harmattan wind (January to March)