representation in US: chief of mission: (vacant) chancery: 2034 20th Street NW, Washington, DC Land boundaries: total 1,075 km, China 4,673 km, Nepal 1,236 km, India 3,380 km, Kazakhstan 1,051 km, Russia (northwest) 40 km, Tajikistan 414 km, Vietnam 2,130 km Coastline: 1,318 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: none Climate: tropical; modified by southeast trade winds; rainy season (June to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to May); dry season (May to November) Terrain: generally flat Natural resources: significant hydropower potential, fish, shrimp, sand and gravel aggregates, placer deposits, polymetallic nodules, sand and gravel surfaces Inland waterways: 600 km north of Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, Zambia observers-(41) Albania, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde,
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