Guinea Bissau
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- Category: Uncategorised
Location:
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
Geographic coordinates:
12 00 N, 15 00 W
Area:
Total: 36,125 sq km
Country comparison to the world: 138
Land: 28,120 sq km
Water: 8,005 sq km
Land boundaries:
total: 724 km
border countries: Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km
Coastline:
350 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Climate:
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
Terrain:
Mostly low coastal plain rising to savanna in east
Elevation extremes:
Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
Highest point: unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m
Natural Resources:
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum