Terrain: mostly rough and mountainous Natural resources: petroleum, copper, natural gas, gypsum Land use: arable land: NA% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 29% forest and woodland: 35% other: 5% Irrigated land: 2,200 km2 (1989 est.) Environment: lowlands seasonally flooded; deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; water pollution Note: landlocked *Zimbabwe, People Population: 8,463,225 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: -18% (1991 est.) Budget: revenues $62 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $68 million Currency: 1 Djiboutian franc (DF) = 100 cents Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine
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