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| Location | Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya |
| Geographic coordinates | 34 00 N, 9 00 E |
| Map references | africa |
| Area |
total: 163,610 sq km water: 8,250 sq km land: 155,360 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly larger than Georgia |
| Land boundaries |
total: 1,424 km border countries: algeria 965 km, libya 459 km |
| Coastline | 1,148 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm |
| Climate | temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south |
| Terrain | mountains in north; hot, dry central plain; semiarid south merges into the Sahara |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: shatt al gharsah -17 m highest point: jebel ech chambi 1,544 m |
| Natural resources | petroleum, phosphates, iron ore, lead, zinc, salt |
| Land use |
arable land: 17.86% permanent crops: 13.74% other: 68.4% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 3,800 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | NA |
| Environment - current issues | toxic and hazardous waste disposal is ineffective and poses health risks; water pollution from raw sewage; limited natural fresh water resources; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, environmental modification, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, marine dumping, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetlands signed, but not ratified: marine life conservation |
| Geography note | strategic location in central Mediterranean; Malta and Tunisia are discussing the commercial exploitation of the continental shelf between their countries, particularly for oil exploration |
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