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| Location | Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia |
| Geographic coordinates | 11 30 N, 43 00 E |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 23,000 sq km water: 20 sq km land: 22,980 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than Massachusetts |
| Land boundaries |
total: 516 km border countries: eritrea 109 km, ethiopia 349 km, somalia 58 km |
| Coastline | 314 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | desert; torrid, dry |
| Terrain | coastal plain and plateau separated by central mountains |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: lac assal -155 m highest point: moussa ali 2,028 m |
| Natural resources | geothermal areas |
| Land use |
arable land: 0.04% permanent crops: 0% other: 99.96% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 10 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | earthquakes; droughts; occasional cyclonic disturbances from the Indian Ocean bring heavy rains and flash floods |
| Environment - current issues | inadequate supplies of potable water; limited arable land; desertification; endangered species |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, ship pollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | strategic location near world's busiest shipping lanes and close to Arabian oilfields; terminus of rail traffic into Ethiopia; mostly wasteland; Lac Assal (Lake Assal) is the lowest point in Africa |
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