Total area: 28,050 km2
land area: 28,050 km2

Comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

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

Coastline: 296 km

Maritime claims: Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Territorial sea: 12 nm

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, crude oil, 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%

Environment: subject to violent windstorms

Note: insular and continental regions rather widely separated

NOTE: The information regarding Equatorial Guinea on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Equatorial Guinea Geography 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Equatorial Guinea Geography 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.