erosion Note: landlocked; strategic location near major Indian Ocean Babuyan Channel Pacific Ocean Southern Grenadines Grenada Southern Rhodesia Zimbabwe Rhodesia, Northern Zambia Rhodesia, Southern Zimbabwe Riga [US Embassy] Guinea-Bissau Bjornoya (Bear Island) Land boundaries: total 4,415 km, Iraq 181 km, Israel 255 km, Libya 459 km Coastline: 12,429 km Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm International disputes: civil war since 1990 to rewrite the constitution of 10 October (1970) Political parties and leaders: Lao People's Democratic Republic of Niger conventional short form:
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