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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: Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
Geographic Coordinates: 13 00 N, 105 00 E
Map References: Southeast Asia
Area: total: 181,035 sq km ; land: 176,515 sq km ; water: 4,520 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly smaller than Oklahoma
Terrain: mostly low, flat plains; mountains in southwest and north
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Gulf of Thailand 0 m ; highest point: Phnum Aoral 1,810 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 2,530 km ; border countries: Laos 555 km, Thailand 817 km, Vietnam 1,158 km
Coastline: 443 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; contiguous zone: 24 nm ; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm ; continental shelf: 200 nm
Geography - Note: a land of paddies and forests dominated by the Mekong River and Tonle Sap (Southeast Asia's largest freshwater lake)