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Geografia
Geografia
| Strategic location 500 km from west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site | |
| Location: | Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal |
| Geographic coordinates: | 16 00 N, 24 00 W |
| Area: | total: 4,033 sq km land: 4,033 sq km water: 0 sq km Size comparison: slightly larger than Rhode Island |
| Land Boundaries: | 0 km |
| Coastline: | 965 km |
| Maritime claims: | measured from claimed archipelagic baselines territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate: | temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic |
| Terrain: | steep, rugged, rocky, volcanic |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: Mt. Fogo 2,829 m (a volcano on Fogo Island) |
| Natural resources: | salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish, clay, gypsum |
| Land use: | arable land: 11.41% permanent crops: 0.74% other: 87.85% (2005) |
| Irrigated land: | 30 sq km (2003) |
| Natural hazards: | prolonged droughts; seasonal harmattan wind produces obscuring dust; volcanically and seismically active |
| Current Environment Issues: | soil erosion; deforestation due to demand for wood used as fuel; water shortages; desertification; environmental damage has threatened several species of birds and reptiles; illegal beach sand extraction; overfishing |
| International Environment Agreements: | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |