total: 2,381,740 sq km land: 2,381,740 sq km water: 0 sq km Area - comparative: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas
total: 6,343 km border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km Coastline: 998 km
territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm
arable land: 3.22% permanent crops: 0.25% other: 96.53% (2001) Irrigated land - 5,600 sq km (1998 est.)
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