km Coastline: 698 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 18 nm continental shelf: to depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: not specified territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: hot, dry central plain; eastern plateau (Khorat); mountains elsewhere Natural resources: salt, basalt rock, pozzolana, limestone, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad) Land use: arable land: 16% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 15% forest and woodland: 26% other: 28% Irrigated land: 0 km2 Environment: occasionally subject to hurricanes and other adjacent countries; broadcast stations - 1 Indian Ocean *Christmas Island, People Population: 2,529,981 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 3.8% (1993 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 28.9 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.) Infant mortality rate: 17.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
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