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Economic Indicator: Geography (Location, geographic coordinates, map references, area, terrain, elevation extremes, borders, coastline and maritime claims)
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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Central African Franc
Currency Symbol: XAF
Location: Western Africa, north of Ghana
Geographic Coordinates: 13 00 N, 2 00 W
Map References: Africa
Area: total: 274,200 sq km ; land: 273,800 sq km ; water: 400 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly larger than Colorado
Terrain: mostly flat to dissected, undulating plains; hills in west and southeast
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Mouhoun (Black Volta) River 200 m ; highest point: Tena Kourou 749 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 3,611 km ; border countries: Benin 386 km, Ivory Coast 545 km, Ghana 602 km, Mali 1,325 km, Niger 622 km, Togo 131 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime Claims: none (landlocked)
Geography - Note: landlocked savanna cut by the three principal rivers of the Black, Red, and White Voltas