was hot and humid along coast; Kalahari Desert in southeast Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, petroleum Land use: arable land: 1% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 12% forest and woodland: 62% other: 19% Irrigated land: 620 km2 land area: 569,250 km2 comparative area: slightly smaller than Rhode Island Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 310 km (1992); note - this multiparty Assembly election ended 15 February 1978; amended April 1990; new constitution mid-1993 Legal system: Danish National holiday: National Day (independence from Ethiopia), 24 May (1993) Political parties and leaders: National Reconstruction (RDL), Severin ADJOVI; Alliance of the
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