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Introduction - Benin: | Location - Benin: | Location | Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Benin, between Nigeria and Togo | | Geographic coordinates | 9 30 N, 2 15 E | | Map references | Africa | | Area | total: 112,620 sq km
land: 110,620 sq km
water: 2,000 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than Pennsylvania | | Land boundaries | total: 1,989 km
border countries: Burkina Faso 306 km, Niger 266 km, Nigeria 773 km, Togo 644 km | | Coastline | 121 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 200 nm | | Climate | tropical; hot, humid in south; semiarid in north | | Terrain | mostly flat to undulating plain; some hills and low mountains | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mont Sokbaro 658 m | | Natural resources | small offshore oil deposits, limestone, marble, timber | | Land use | arable land: 23.53%
permanent crops: 2.37%
other: 74.1% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 120 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | hot, dry, dusty harmattan wind may affect north from December to March | | Environment current issues | inadequate supplies of potable water; poaching threatens wildlife populations; deforestation; desertification | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | sandbanks create difficult access to a coast with no natural harbors, river mouths, or islands | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |