Statistics
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- Location
- Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
- Geographic coordinates
- 8°00′N 38°00′E / 8°N 38°E / 8; 38
- Map references
- Africa
- Area
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- Total: 1,127,127 km²
- Land: 1,119,683 km²
- Water: 7,444 km²
- Land boundaries
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- Total: 5,311 km
- Border countries: Djibouti 337 km, Eritrea 912 km, Kenya 830 km, Somalia 1,626 km, South Sudan 883 km and Sudan 723 km
- Coastline
- 0 km (landlocked)
- Maritime claims
- None (landlocked)
- Climate
- Tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
- Terrain
- High plateau with central mountain range divided by Great Rift Valley
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Danakil, -125 m
- Highest point: Ras Dejen, 4,533 m
- Natural resources
- Small reserves of gold, platinum, copper, potash, natural gas, hydropower
- Land use
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- Arable land: 12%
- Permanent crops: 1%
- Permanent pastures: 40%
- Forests and woodland: 25%
- Other: 22% (1993 est.)
- Irrigated land
- 1,900 km² (1993 est.)
- Natural hazards
- Geologically active Great Rift Valley susceptible to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions; frequent droughts
- Environment - current issues
- Deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
- Environment - international agreements
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- Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Ozone Layer Protection
- Signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban
- Geography - note
- Landlocked - entire coastline along the Red Sea was lost with the de jure independence of Eritrea on 24 May 1993
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