Geography (Cape Verde)
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     Total area:
         4,030 km2
     Land area:
         4,030 km2
     Comparative area:
         slightly larger than Rhode Island
     Land boundaries:
         none
     Coastline:
         965 km
     Maritime claims:
         (measured from claimed archipelagic baselines)
       Exclusive economic zone:
         200 nm
       Territorial sea:
         12 nm
     Disputes:
         none
     Climate:
         temperate; warm, dry, summer; precipitation very erratic
     Terrain:
         steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic
     Natural resources:
         salt, basalt rock, pozzolana, limestone, kaolin, fish
     Land use:
         arable land 9%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 6%; forest and
         woodland NEGL%; other 85%; includes irrigated 1%
     Environment:
         subject to prolonged droughts; harmattan wind can obscure visibility;
         volcanically and seismically active; deforestation; overgrazing
     Note:
         strategic location 500 km from African coast near major north-south sea
         routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling
         site