Location:
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal
Geographic coordinates:
12 00 N, 15 00 W
Map references:
Africa
Area: Area - comparative: Land boundaries: Coastline: Maritime claims: Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes: Natural resources: Land use: Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements: Geography - note:
total: 36,125 sq km
[see also: Area - total country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 138
land:
28,120 sq km
water:
8,005 sq km
slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut
total: 724 km
border countries:
Guinea 386 km, Senegal 338 km
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]
350 km
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds
mostly low-lying coastal plain with a deeply indented estuarine coastline rising to savanna in east; numerous off-shore islands including the Arquipelago Dos Bijagos consisting of 18 main islands and many small islets
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
[see also: Elevation extremes - lowest point country ranks ]
highest point:
unnamed elevation in the eastern part of the country 300 m
fish, timber, phosphates, bauxite, clay, granite, limestone, unexploited deposits of petroleum
arable land: 8.3%
[see also: Land use - arable land country ranks ]
permanent crops:
6.92%
other:
84.78% (2011)
225.6 sq km (2003)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
31 cu km (2011)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]
total: 0.18 cu km/yr (18%/6%/76%)
[see also: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total country ranks ]
per capita:
135.7 cu m/yr (2005)
hot, dry, dusty harmattan haze may reduce visibility during dry season; brush fires
deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; overfishing
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland