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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: Naira
Currency Symbol: NGN
Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
Geographic Coordinates: 10 00 N, 8 00 E
Map References: Africa
Area: total: 923,768 sq km ; land: 910,768 sq km ; water: 13,000 sq km
Area - Comparative: slightly more than twice the size of California
Terrain: southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m ; highest point: Chappal Waddi 2,419 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 4,477 km ; border countries: Benin 809 km, Cameroon 1,975 km, Chad 85 km, Niger 1,608 km
Coastline: 853 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; exclusive economic zone: 200 nm ; continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Geography - Note: the Niger enters the country in the northwest and flows southward through tropical rain forests and swamps to its delta in the Gulf of Guinea