Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between Cameroon and Gabon

Map references: Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World

Area:
total area: 28,050 sq km
land area: 28,050 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

Land boundaries: total 539 km, Cameroon 189 km, Gabon 350 km

Coastline: 296 km

Maritime claims:
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

International disputes: maritime boundary dispute with Gabon because of disputed sovereignty over islands in Corisco Bay

Climate: tropical; always hot, humid

Terrain: coastal plains rise to interior hills; islands are volcanic

Natural resources: timber, petroleum, small unexploited deposits of gold, manganese, uranium

Land use:
arable land: 8%
permanent crops: 4%
meadows and pastures: 4%
forest and woodland: 51%
other: 33%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: desertification
natural hazards: subject to violent windstorms
international agreements: party to - Nuclear Test Ban; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea

Note: insular and continental regions rather widely separated

NOTE: The information regarding Equatorial Guinea on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Equatorial Guinea Geography 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Equatorial Guinea Geography 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.