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| Location | Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between French Guiana and Guyana |
| Geographic coordinates | 4 00 N, 56 00 W |
| Map references | south_america |
| Area |
total: 163,270 sq km water: 1,800 sq km land: 161,470 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly larger than Georgia |
| Land boundaries |
total: 1,707 km border countries: brazil 597 km, french guiana 510 km, guyana 600 km |
| Coastline | 386 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | tropical; moderated by trade winds |
| Terrain | mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: unnamed location in the coastal plain -2 m highest point: juliana top 1,230 m |
| Natural resources | timber, hydropower, fish, kaolin, shrimp, bauxite, gold, and small amounts of nickel, copper, platinum, iron ore |
| Land use |
arable land: 0.37% permanent crops: 0.06% other: 99.57% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 490 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | NA |
| Environment - current issues | deforestation as timber is cut for export; pollution of inland waterways by small-scale mining activities |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, desertification, endangered species, law of the sea, marine dumping, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, tropical timber 94, wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | smallest independent country on South American continent; mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, is increasingly threatened by new development; relatively small population, mostly along the coast |
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