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<text id=93CT0692>
<title>
Cote d'Ivoire--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Cote d'Ivoire
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean
between Ghana and Liberia
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 322,460 km2</l>
<l> land area: 318,000 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly larger than New Mexico</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 3,110 km, Burkina 584 km, Ghana 668 km,
Guinea 610 km, Liberia 716 km, Mali 532 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 515 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 m depth</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical along coast, semiarid in far north; three
seasons - warm and dry (November to March), hot and dry (March
to May), hot and wet (June to October)
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly flat to undulating plains; mountains in
northwest
</p>
<p>Natural resources: petroleum, diamonds, manganese, iron ore,
cobalt, bauxite, copper
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 9%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 4%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 9%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 26%</l>
<l> other: 52%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 620 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: coast has heavy surf and no natural harbors;
severe deforestation
</p></body></article></text>