Resources and Land Use
- Natural resources
- Petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas
- Land use
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- Arable land: 0.84%
- Permanent crops: 0.17%
- Other: 98.99% (2005 est.)
- Irrigated land
- 130 km² (2003 est.)
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