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| Location | Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo |
| Geographic coordinates | 9 30 N, 2 15 E |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 112,620 sq km water: 2,000 sq km land: 110,620 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than Pennsylvania |
| Land boundaries |
total: 1,989 km border countries: burkina faso 306 km, niger 266 km, nigeria 773 km, togo 644 km |
| Coastline | 121 km |
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 200 nm |
| Climate | tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north |
| Terrain | mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: atlantic ocean 0 m highest point: mont sokbaro 658 m |
| Natural resources | small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber |
| Land use |
arable land: 18.08% permanent crops: 2.4% other: 79.52% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 120 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March |
| Environment - current issues | inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, environmental modification, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | sandbanks create difficult access to a coast with no natural harbors, river mouths, or islands |
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