| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon |
| Geographic coordinates |
2 00 N, 10 00 E |
| Map references |
africa |
| Area |
total: 28,051 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 28,051 sq km |
| Area comparative |
slightly smaller than Maryland |
| Land boundaries |
total: 539 km
border countries: cameroon 189 km, gabon 350 km |
| Coastline |
296 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid |
| Terrain |
coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: atlantic ocean 0 m
highest point: pico basile 3,008 m |
| Natural resources |
oil, petroleum, timber, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium, titanium, iron ore |
| Land use |
arable land: 4.63%
permanent crops: 3.57%
other: 91.8% (2001) |
| Irrigated land |
NA sq km |
| Natural hazards |
violent windstorms, flash floods |
| Environment - current issues |
tap water is not potable; deforestation |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ship pollution
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note |
insular and continental regions rather widely separated |